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Canada's Valérie Maltais collects another Olympic bronze for her 3rd medal at Milano Cortina 2026

Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que, claimed the 1,500-metre speed skating bronze medal on Friday, to go along with her gold medal in team pursuit and 3,000m bronze medal.

Standing on the podium, Maltais briefly looked in slight disbelief. She chuckled a bit and shook her head at one point. 

The 35-year-old from Saguenay, Que., has said this could be her final appearance at the Olympics and wasn't necessarily favoured for the podium in this distance. That's a lesson: never count out Maltais.

Now she's three for three at the Milano-Cortina Games, after claiming bronze in the 3,000 metres and gold with her teammates Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann in the team pursuit. 

Maltais has had a historic Olympic career. In the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, she became just the third athlete in the world (and first Canadian) to win Olympic medals in both short- and long-track speed skating. Maltais started her career in short track and won silver with her team in the women's 3,000-metre relay at Sochi 2014, before switching to long track after the 2018 Winter Games.

The Canadian men's hockey team is fighting for its life — down 2-1 heading into the third period in the semifinal against Finland. 

The Finns were able to capitalize early on their power-play advantages (and disadvantage, with one short-handed goal), taking a 2-0 lead in the second before Canada responded to cut their deficit in half. 

No one can stop Valérie Maltais 🥉

The Canadian speed skater claimed her third medal of Milano-Cortina, a bronze in women's 1,500-metre long-track. 

It wasn't a race Valérie Maltais was favoured to climb to the podium in. But she pulled off a stunning upset — hanging onto third throughout the last five pairs in the heats. 

Canada's medal count now stands at 16.

Heartbreak on the curling sheet 🥌

Canadian skip Rachel Homan and her team will play for bronze in the women's curling after losing 6-3 to Sweden in the semifinals. 

Her team was riding a five-game win streak heading into today's semifinal. Yet Sweden had the best record entering the game at 7-2. 

Homan vows: "We're not done here yet."

Norway, take a bow 👏

The Nordic nation has smashed its own Winter Games record, claiming a 17th gold medal today. 

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal brought that one home for Norway in the men's 15-kilometre mass start at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena near the Austrian border.

Norway first set the record for the most gold medals won by a country at a single Winter Games at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. 

The country's 17 golds at these Games come across six sports: biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating. 

Five of those gold medals belong to cross-country phenom Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. He has a chance to win a sixth gold tomorrow in the men's 50-kilometre mass start classic.

Big upset for Canadians in women's ski cross 😔

This is the first Winter Games since ski cross debuted at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that a Canadian woman hasn't been on the podium. 

All three Canadians — Brittany Phelan, Hannah Schmidt and Marielle Thompson — failed to advance to the semifinals this morning, finishing third or last in their respective quarterfinal heats.

Thompson, 33, was the defending silver medallist from the 2022 Beijing Olympics and won gold at Sochi in 2014. Phelan, 34, won silver in PyeongChang in 2018. 

As Thompson said after her race, "ski cross is a fickle beast."

Power couple alert ❤️

The winners in the men's and women's aerials are married to each other. They're China's Wang Xindi and Xu Mengtao.

The energy of the crowd surged inside Milano Santagiulia arena after the goal scored by Sam Reinhart. 

Canada fans vastly outnumber the Finns here, and the area had grown quiet after the two goals scored by Finland. 

Compared to the women's gold medal game yesterday between Canada and the U.S., the energy in the stands hasn't felt as high.

There's been an injection of energy for the crowds gathered in Milan, watching the hockey game on small screens at bars and restaurants in Navigli district. 

Chants of "Let’s go, Canada" started up just moments before Canada scored, followed by a massive cheer. 

Since local bar Blues Canal first became the unofficial Canada House of these games, nearby spots have put up small TV screens on their patios to accommodate the fans who seem unbothered by the size.

Canada has a one-goal deficit to overcome in the final 20 minutes of play.

Finland leads 2-1 after two periods.

There was plenty of pushback from the Canadians in that second period. They were finally rewarded on the power play, where they've been so successful in this tournament.

Sam Reinhart was credited with the goal, after he deflected Cale Makar's shot. Connor McDavid got a secondary assist.

Canada outshot the Finns 14-3 over the second. You can expect the same kind of attack mentality from Canada in the third.

And it's a third podium for Valérie Maltais! 

Maltais has just won bronze in the women's long-track 1,500 metres. 

In a stunning upset, Maltais kept her podium position throughout the last five pairs of the race — even as Japan's Miho Takagi, the world-record holder in that distance, skated last and was favoured for gold. 

But Takagi lost her edge in the last laps, letting Maltais keep that third-place spot.

Takagi finished sixth with 1:54.865. 

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands takes gold in 1:54.09, and Norway's Ragne Wiklund claims silver in 1:54.15.

Canadian teammates Ivanie Blondin and Béatrice Lamarche take the eighth and 17th spots, respectively.

Canada is on the board in men's hockey. 

It's a power play goal for Sam Reinhart, whose stick deflected a Cale Makar shot into the net.

Finland is now leading 2-1 over Canada here in the second period.

Skip Rachel Homan praised Sweden for the way they played in the semifinal, getting a breakthrough in the sixth end to pull ahead of Canada to claim a 6-3 victory.

"They played a phenomenal game," she said. 

"We were just not quite as sharp."

Her team was riding a five-game win streak heading into today's semifinal. Sweden had the best record entering the game at 7-2. 

"We never gave up. We stuck with each other till the end, and we're not done here yet," Homan said. 

Team Homan will play for bronze against the U.S. Tomorrow.

Valérie Maltais just showed 'em how it's done in the 1,500-metre long-track final. 

Skating in the 10th pair against Belgian Isabelle van Elst, Maltais skated with flying colours into first place at 1:54.50 — though several pairs remain. She looked light and dynamic on the corners.

Still, Maltais beat Dutch phenom Femke Kok's time of 1:54.79, now in second spot. 

Teammate Ivanie Blondin is in fourth with 1:54.95 and Béatrice Lamarche is in 11th at 1:54.65.

Could this be a third speed-skating podium for Maltais in these Games?

It looked like a big opportunity for Canada with its first power play of the game. Finland’s Sebastian Aho was off for interference.

But a short-handed turnover went into the back of Canada's net. The goal came from Erik Haula, who backhanded it high into the net.

Finland now leads 2-0 here early in the second. Canada remains on the power play.

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