Speedskater Valérie Maltais was the first Canadian to reach the podium with bronze on Day One of the Games in Milano Cortina, while most Canadian athletes finished top 10 at best in alpine skiing and snowboarding.
Meanwhile the country’s women’s hockey team also began their quest to reclaim gold with a win against Switzerland.
Here is a full breakdown of all the events you may have missed over the weekend.
Olympics: Day One (Feb. 7)
Alpine skiing - men’s downhill
Jack Crawford earned the country’s best finish of the event in ninth, while Cameron Alexander, Jeffery Read and Brodie Seger finished 14th, 25th and 28th respectively.
Switzerland’s Franjo Von Allmen powered through a challenging course to reach the podium, earning the first medal for men’s downhill at the Games in Bormino. Italy’s Giovanni Franzoni got silver with a time of 1:51.81, while Dominik Paris took bronze with a time of 1:52.11.
Von Allmen secured the top spot with just a 0.20 second advantage over Franzoni.
Cross country skiing – women’s 20km skiathlon
Twenty-year-old Alison Mackie crossed the finish line in 22nd place, marking the best finish of the Canadians in this event. Mackie, who made her Olympic debut in this race, also joins Jasmine Drolet who finished 38th, and Amelia Wells who finished 50th. Katherine Stewart-Jones, who first competed in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, also joined the rookies finishing 45th.
Sweden’s Frida Karlsson kept herself in the zone to reach the podium, earning her first individual gold medal in the skiathlon at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, with a time of 53:45.2. The two-time Olympian was followed by fellow teammate Ebba Andersson who captured silver with a time of 54:36.2, while Norway’s Heidi Weng took bronze with a time of 55:11.9.
Curling
Canada played Great Britain in mixed doubles on Saturday, lost 7-5 in the preliminary round. This is the second loss for Team Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, the husband and wife duo, after losing to the United States by the same score on Friday.
Later in the day, they came back for one more against Estonia (1-3), but despite their best efforts the Estonians took over to win that matchup, 8-6. The loss of both games handed Canada a record of 3-2 heading into Day Three.
Figure skating
In the mixed team qualification, Canada’s Stephen Gogolev earned 92.99 points in the men’s short program, lifting his country to fourth place overall.
Canadians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha also did well in the mixed team finals ice dance event earning third, behind Italy and the U.S.
Freestyle skiing - slopestyle
Freestyle skiers Megan Oldham, Elena Gaskell, Skye Clarke, Naomi Urness competed in the women’s slopestyle qualifiers on Saturday.
Oldham and Urness were the only Canadians that would qualify for the final, reaching 4th place with 61.5 and 7th place with 48.75.
In the final, Megan reached the 6th spot, and Naomi was one spot below her with a time of 59.13 and 58.40 respectively.
For the men, Evan McEachran was the sole Canadian to compete in the event, but finished 16th, and failed to reach the finals.
Ice hockey – Canada vs Switzerland
After cases of norovirus from the Finnish delegation put the Canadians’ good start to a halt, the women finally got started against Switzerland on Feb. 7.
Sarah Fillier, Natalie Spooner and Julia Gosling scored power-play goals in the well-executed matchup against the Swiss, while Daryl Watts netted another with 3:16 remaining.
On the down side for ladies, star goaltender Ann-Renèe Desbiens didn’t dress, but that didn’t stop the team from powering forward. After three periods the defending champions shutout Switzerland 4-0.
Ski Jumping – women’s individual: normal hill
Ski jumpers Abigail Strate, Natalie Eilers, and Nicole Maurer, didn’t seem to have much luck on the hill this weekend at Predazzo. Star skier Abigail Strate, who last skied on this hill in the Summer Grand Prix in 2025, finished 11th place, while Nicole Maurer finished 19th, both qualifying for the final. But fellow teammate, Natalie Eilers did not qualify after finishing in 49th place out of 50 participants.
Meanwhile, Norway’s Anna Odine Strøm jumped well enough to land in the top spot of the podium with 267.3 points after two rounds. Strøm was followed by Slovenia’s Nika Prevc who earned silver with 266.2 points overall. At just 20-years-old, Prevc fell short of earning the gold medal by just 1.1 metres, forcing her to settle for silver.
Lastly, Japan’s Nozomi Maruyama found herself at the bottom of the podium with bronze.
Snowboarding – men’s big air (final)
Snowboarder Francis Jobin was the lone Canadian to advance to the snowboard big air final after Mark McMorris bowed out due to a “hard fall” in training.
However, a fifth place finish cause Jobin to leave the event medalless.
Speed skating – 3000 metre final
Valérie Maltais, the only Canadian skater to win Olympic medals in short track and long track speed skating, has now added bronze to her resume. Maltais’ results was the best of her teammates Isabelle Weidemann and Laura Hall who finished 5th and 13th.
Olympics: Day Two (Feb. 8)
Canada’s mixed doubles curling team played two round-robin games, needing wins to keep their hopes of earning some hardware alive, while the Canadians were also hunting for one in mixed team figure skating.
Meanwhile in hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby was named the captain of the Canadian men’s hockey team before their first official practice. Team Canada takes on Czechia in their tournament opener on Feb. 12.
Alpine Skiing – women’s downhill
In the downhill event, Canada’s Cassidy Gray finished 26th while her teammate Valèrie Grenier was disqualified after coming out of the start gate later than the allotted timeframe.
American Breezy Johnson secured the first medal that happened to be gold after finishing with a time of 1:36.10 on the slopes. Germany’s Emma Aicher and Italy’s Sofia Goggia took silver and bronze with times of 1:36.14 and 1:36.69.
Biathalon
In the men’s and women’s 4x6 mixed relay event, Canada’s Adam Runnalls, Jasper Fleming, Pascale Paradis, Nadia Moser finished 17th.
France finished first with a time of 1:04:15.5 as Julia Simone hit her last five targets before exiting the range alone to put her team at the top of the podium. The French team consisted of Simone, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Lou Jeanmonnot.
The Italian squad followed close behind to secured silver with a time of 1:04:41.3, while the Germans came third, finishing 1:05 behind the French.
Cross-country skiing – men’s 20km skiathalon
Twenty-two-year-old Xavier McKeever crossed the finish line in 13th place, marking the best finish of the Canadians in this event. McKeever, who made his Olympic debut in this race, also joins Maximilliam Hollman who finished 27th in his.
Antoine Cyr and Remi Drolet, who first competed in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, also joined the rookies finishing 25th and 42nd respectively.
Norweigan cross-country skier topped the podium with a time of 46:11.0. France’s Mathis Desloges placed second with 46:13.0, and fellow Norweigan Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget got bronze with a time of 46.13.1.
Curling
After suffering back-to-back losses on Saturday Canada went up against Sweden and South Korea. But, their consistent mistakes led to a 7-6 loss to Sweden and a 9-5 loss to South Korea.
Now with five straight losses bogging them down, the Canadians hold a record of 4-5, knocking them out of medal contention.
Figure Skating
In the mixed team pair free skate event, Canada’s Lia Perreira and Trennt Michaud earned 134.42 points, finishing in last place of the five competitors.
Canadians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha also did well in the mixed team finals ice dance event earning third, behind Italy and the U.S.
Canada’s Madeline Schizas also finished in the same position with 125 points.
For the men, Stephen Gogolev finished 4th in the men’s singles final with 171.93. That result brought Team Canada to finish in 5th place overall.
Snowboarding
In the women’s parallel giant slalom, Canada’s Aurélie Moisan and Kaylie Buck bowed out in the Round of 16.
Meanwhile fellow teammates Juliette Pelchat and Laurie Blouin reached 11th and 17th at best in the women’s big air qualification.
For the men, Canada’s Arnauls Gaudet lost in the quarterfinals to Tervel Zamfirov of Bulgaria by three hundreths of a second. Meanwhile, his teammate Ben Heldman finished 26th in qualifying, and failed to advance to the next round.
Speed Skating
Long track speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen finished the 5000 metre race in 13th place with a time of 6:17. 97. The Dutch-Canadian athlete was the only one representing the flag in this race.
Meanwhile, Sander Eitrem of Norway clinched gold with a time of 6:03.95, setting a new Olympic record, while Czechia’s Medotej Jilek got silver and Italy’s Riccardo Lorello got bronze.
