Day 14 Preview of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

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Heading into the 14th day of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo, Canada is at 15 medals (four gold medals, five silver medals and six bronze medals). They are in 10th place in the overall medal standings. Here is what Friday has in store.

Ski Cross 

There are three Canadian medal opportunities in women’s ski cross on Friday (begins 4am MT). Marielle Thompson of North Vancouver, British Columbia won gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Brittany Phelan of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec won silver at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and Hannah Schmidt of Ottawa, Ontario has won nine World Cup ski cross medals.

Curling 

Canada’s Rachel Homan is in the semifinals of the Olympic women’s curling tournament at 6am MT. Her opponent is Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg, the 2018 Olympic gold medalist.

Hockey 

Team Canada is in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s hockey tournament after a dramatic 4-3 win over the Czech Republic. Canada will now face Finland at 8:40 AM MT.

Freestyle Skiing 

There are three Canadians in the men’s halfpipe skiing final. They are Calgary’s Brendan Mackay, the 2023 world champion, Andrew Longino of Calgary, the 2020 Winter Olympic Youth Olympics champion, and Dylan Marineau of Calgary. The final is at 11:30 AM MT.

Short Track Speed Skating 

There is once again multiple medal opportunities for Canada. Canada is the defending Olympic gold medalists in the men’s 5000 metre relay, and will compete in the final against the Netherlands, South Korea and Italy (1;30 PM MT). Courtney Sarault of Moncton, New Brunswick is a two-time silver medalist in the women’s 1500m at the world championships, and finished in second place in the women’s 1500 metres standings in the last two World Cup seasons. The women’s 1500 metres will be at 2:07 pm MT.

Medal Predictions:

Women’s Ski Cross–Gold–Daniela Maier–GER, Silver–Marielle Berger Sabbatel–FRA, Bronze–Sandra Naeslund–SWE–5:10 am MT

Men’s 15km Biathlon Mass Start–Gold–Eric Perrot–FRA, Silver–Tommaso Giacomel–ITA, Bronze–Johan Olav Botn–NOR–6:15 AM MT

Men’s Aerials–Gold–Noe Roth–SUI, Silver–Jiaxu Sun–CHN, Bronze–Xindi Wang–CHN–6:30 AM MT

Women’s 1500m Speed Skating–Gold–Joy Beune–NED, Silver–Miho Takagi–JPN, Bronze–Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong–NED–8:30 AM MT

Men’s Halfpipe Skiing–Gold–Finley Melville Ives–NZ, Silver–Nick Goepper–United States, Bronze–Hunter Hess–United States–11:30 AM MT

Men’s 5000m Short Track Speed Skating Relay–Gold–Canada, Silver–China, Bronze–South Korea–1:30 pm MT

Women’s 1500m Short Track Speed Skating–Gold–Gold–Gilli Kim–South Korea, Silver–Minjeong Choi–South Korea, Bronze–Courtney-Lee Sarault–CAN–2:07 MT

 

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