Canada earns four gold, four silver and four bronze in final week of 2026 Olympics

New Brunswick's Courtney Sarault celebrating her silver medal win in the women's short track 1000m event. (Credit: Darryl Dick/The Canadian Press)

The last full week of competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics has been exciting for Team Canada.

For the second week in a row, Canada is ranked 11th overall, with four gold, four silver and four bronze medals in six sports. Since last week, Canadian athletes have earned 12 more medals, with additions in hockey, skiing, speed skating and curling.

Hockey

In what was the most-watched women’s hockey game ever, the Americans were able to take home the gold in overtime against Team Canada on Feb. 19.

Megan Keller was able to slip the puck past Canadian goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens in just over four minutes of extra time. 

Canada had led for most of the game, 1-0, after a shorthanded goal from Kristin O’Neill to begin the second period. Late in the third, American captain Hilary Knight was able to tie the game.

“It’s heartbreaking,” said Canadian player Laura Stacey after the game. “You see the tears. You feel the emotions. We were minutes away from having gold medals around our necks.”

Despite the loss, the team played a strong game. Team USA was favoured to win the tournament and beat the Canadians 5-0 during the preliminary round. 

The men's final ended the same, with the Americans besting Team Canada in overtime 2-1 on Feb. 22.

The Canadians dominated the majority of the game, out-shooting their opponents 41-26.

Skiing

Megan Oldham captured her first gold and second medal overall during the women’s freeski big air competition on Feb. 16.

With a combined score of 180.75, she was able to edge out China’s Eileen Gu by just over a point.

“It feels incredible,” Oldham told reporters. “I’m still trying to process it all. It’s been such a dream of mine.”

Brendan MacKay won bronze in the men’s freeski halfpipe event on Feb. 20. 

Despite slipping during his first two runs, he was able to pull off a strong performance during his final one to land on the podium with a score of 91.00 points.

Speed skating

Steven Dubois dominated the men’s short track 500m, taking home the gold on Feb. 18. He started the race in first place and never lost the lead. 

He completed in 40.8 seconds, beating Dutch brothers Melle and Jens van ’t Wout, who finished in second and third place. 

“It’s the toughest thing you can achieve, in short track, there’s so much happening,” said Dubois. “It’s difficult to describe it actually.”

New Brunswick’s Courtney Sarault continued her Olympic success during the second week, earning a silver in women’s short track 1000m and her third medal overall. 

Despite leading for the majority of the race, she moved to third place, being able to recover and come in second behind Dutch racer Xandra Velzeboer.

“I feel good now,” said Sarault after the race. “In the moment, I was a little bit down because I made a little error in my last, I think it was maybe three laps or four laps to go.”

Team Canada picked up the gold for their second straight Olympics in the women’s team pursuit. Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann were able to out-skate their Dutch opponents by just under a second. 

Maltais picked up a pair of bronze medals for her performances in the women’s 1500m and 3000m races as well.