Canada won bronze in the men’s 500m speed skating event on day eight of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games, earning its eighth medal.

Here are the latest developments: Always east.

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4:54 p.m.

Canadian speed skater William Dangenou placed fifth overall in the men’s short track 1,500 meter race.

Dunginou, who was considered to be the favorite to win a medal, finished 0.43 seconds behind leader Jens van’t Wout of the Netherlands.

South Korea’s Hwang Dae Hong won the silver medal, and Latvia’s Robert Kurtzberg won the bronze medal.

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4:25pm

Canada’s women’s 3000m speed skating relay advanced to the A final.

The team of Courtney Thurow, Kim Boutin, Florence Brunelle and Danae Blais finished second in their semi-final heat, 0.127 seconds behind South Korea.

The final will be held on Wednesday.

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4:20pm

Canada’s women’s curling team lost to Switzerland by an 8-7 decision.

This comes after Saturday’s 7-6 loss to Great Britain.

It was the third straight loss for Rachel Homan’s team, leaving Canada in eighth place with one win and three losses.

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4:14 p.m.

Canadian short track speed skaters William Dangenou and Stephen Dubois have advanced to the men’s 1500m final.

In the semi-finals, Danzinou won with a time of 2:15.619, while Dubois prevailed despite interference and won a penalty against Italy’s Thomas Nadalini.

Danzhinou is the current world champion. Dubois won a silver medal in this event at the 2022 Beijing Games.

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3:50pm

Canadian freestyle skiers Megan Oldham and Naomi Arness have qualified for the women’s big air final.

Oldham took first place with 171.75 points, while Arnes was seventh with 161.25 points.

The final will be held on Monday.

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3:28 p.m.

Canadian speed skaters Courtney Thurow, Kim Boutin and Florence Brunel have advanced to the women’s 1,000m short track quarterfinals.

Salou has already won an individual medal, winning bronze in the women’s 500 meters in Milan on Thursday.

The quarterfinals will be held on Monday.

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2:30pm

Canadians Jane Channel and Harry Clarke finished 18th and 19th respectively in the women’s skeleton.

Austria’s Janine Flock topped the podium with a time of 3:49.02, followed by Germany’s Susanne Kreher and Jacqueline Pfeiffer.

Channel finished 3.94 seconds behind Flock, and Clark finished 4.0 seconds behind.

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12:55pm

Canadian women’s hockey captain Marie-Philippe Poulin has tied Hayley Wickenheiser’s all-time Olympic goals record.

Poulin scored a power-play goal in the third period of the women’s quarterfinal match against Germany, tying her former teammate’s 18 goals.

Poulin returned to action today after missing two games due to injury and led his team to a 5-1 victory.

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11:45am

Canadian speed skater Laurent Dubreuil won bronze in the men’s 500 meters at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Dubreuil finished the race with a time of 34.26 seconds, behind American Jordan Stoltz and Jenning de Vu of the Netherlands, who won gold and silver medals.

Dubreuil finished fourth at the 2022 Beijing Games, winning silver in the 1,000 meters a few days later.

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10:50am

Canada’s men’s curling team lost to Switzerland, falling to 3 wins and 1 loss.

Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller and his team remained undefeated at 4-0 with a 9-5 victory over the Calgary-based team of Brad Jacobs, Mark Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Evert.

The Swiss quartet took the lead with a hammer and used it to force an early deuce. Switzerland then won with a pair of alternating ends until the ninth inning.

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10:47am

Canadian women’s hockey captain Marie-Philippe Poulain is back on the ice for the quarterfinals against Germany.

Canada took an early 1-0 lead with a goal from Brianne Jenner.

Poulin was injured early in the tournament and missed Canada’s final two games in the round robin.

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10:19am

A Canadian speed skater takes the lead in the women’s team pursuit quarterfinals.

Defending Olympic champions Isabelle Weidemann, Yvanie Blondin and Valerie Martais crossed the line in a time of 2:55.03.

Japan finished second and the Netherlands third, giving the United States the final spot to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals.

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9:22am

Captain Marie-Philippe Poulain returned to the squad for Germany’s women’s hockey quarterfinal match against Canada.

Poulin missed Canada’s final two games in the round robin due to injury.

She was injured after taking a nasty hit on the boards in Canada’s 5-1 qualifying round win against the Czech Republic on Monday.

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8:50am

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braaten is poised to become South America’s first medal at the Winter Olympics with his victory in the Olympic giant slalom.

The 25-year-old led the field by being fastest into the top 30 from his first run.

He finished with a combined time of 2 minutes 25 seconds over his two runs, ahead of defending Olympic champion Swiss racer Marco Odermatt. Odermatt’s teammate Loïc Meillard won the bronze medal.

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8:10am

Canada’s men’s curling team is back on the ice for a round robin match against Switzerland.

Brad Jacobs’ team won two games Friday to improve to 3-0 in the tournament.

The game will receive more attention than usual, as the on-ice tension between Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson and Canadian vice captain Mark Kennedy during Friday’s game drew international headlines and a response from World Curling.

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7:20am

Canada’s cross-country ski team placed 8th in the women’s 4×7.5km relay.

The team of Allison McKee, Jasmine Drolet, Lillian Gagnon and Sonja Schmidt finished in the top 10.

The Norwegian team won the gold medal, Sweden the silver medal and the Finnish team the bronze medal.

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5:45am

In women’s curling, Canada’s Rachel Homan lost a 7-6 decision to England’s Sophie Jackson on Saturday morning. It was the second straight round-robin elimination for Homan and teammates Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes.

Canada allowed a three-point end in the third. Homan missed a double takeout, and Britain’s No. 4 Rebecca Morrison succeeded in a double tap.

Homan (1-2), ranked No. 1, will play No. 2 Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland in the evening session at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.

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5:30am

World Curling said it followed official procedures after complaints about double-touching Stone during Friday’s men’s curling match between Canada and Sweden. The match, in which Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated Sweden’s Niklas Edin 8-6, received a lot of attention after profanity was broadcast from a player’s microphone.

World Curling said the umpires received complaints about Stone’s second touch during the delivery. Afterward, officials spoke with both teams and placed an umpire on the hog line to monitor the third-end delivery, but found no violations or corrections by Stone.

As the players removed the stones after the ninth end, Canadian substitute Mark Kennedy was furious at Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson’s accusation that some Canadian players had touched the stones a second time after letting go of their handles during the match. Video of Kennedy dropping the F-bomb on Erickson has since spread online.

The Canadian men were scheduled to return to the ice Saturday afternoon to face Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller.

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5:15am

Short track speed skater William Dangenou will take to the ice today as he looks to bring home Canada’s first gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Dunzinou, from Sherbrooke, Kenya, will compete in the men’s 1,500 meters after winning the silver medal in the mixed team relay, but although he narrowly missed out on the podium in the 1,000 meters, he took the lead on the final lap and was passed in the sprint to the finish line.

Meanwhile, Canada’s women’s hockey team begins the playoff round, facing Germany in the first elimination game after winning 2-1 in the qualifying round. The Canadians, the defending Olympic champions, had convincing wins over the Czech Republic and Finland, but suffered a humiliating 5-0 loss against the United States.

Captain Marie-Philippe Poulain returned to training on Friday after being injured earlier in the week, but his status for the game against Germany remains uncertain.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 14, 2026.