2026 Olympic Games: Mikaël Kingsbury snags Canada’s 1st gold on Day 9 while men’s hockey team crushes France
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3 big moments from Day 9 of Olympic action
Canadian freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury secured Team Canada’s first gold medal of the Milano-Cortina Olympics in the men’s dual moguls event on Sunday. Kingsbury says the victory — which earned him his fifth Olympic medal and second at what he says will be his final Olympic Games — was especially sweet coming with his family, including his son, there in person.
Team Canada finally saw gold nine days into the Games, thanks to freestyle skiing champion Mikaël Kingsbury. That brings the medal count to nine — one for every day of Olympic competition.
A gold for the mogul king: After earning a disappointing silver in moguls last week, Mikaël Kingsbury stormed back in dual moguls today to capture his second Olympic gold.
That silver medal had already made Kingsbury the most decorated men’s freestyle skier in Olympic history, but that didn’t stop him from giving his all in the dual moguls course today.
Kingsbury said hearing online chatter that Canada was “a little cursed” at the Games pushed him even harder to win.
“I really wanted to break that curse and go get that first [gold] medal for the country,” he told CBC Sports after his victory.
Canada dominates in men’s hockey: The men’s hockey team overwhelmed France to take a 10-2 lead in the preliminary round final of the tournament. Sidney Crosby’s three points gave him 16 for his Olympic career, setting a new Canadian record for male players.
Canada will now advance directly to the quarterfinals. Two more preliminary-round men’s hockey games later today will determine who they face next.
Figure skating: Canada’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud clocked a personal best score of 74.60 with their pair skating short program. Their teammates Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps stumbled on the ice after Stellato-Dudek fell near the end of the performance, but still qualified for the free skate.
The latter pair almost didn’t make it to the Games at all. Stellato-Dudek was cleared to compete just five days ago after striking her head during training, giving the pair limited time to rehearse on Olympic ice.
