MILAN, ITALY – Valérie Maltais has won Team Canada’s first medal of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. She skated to bronze in the women’s 3000m at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium with her time of 3:56.93. It had been 16 years since Valérie Maltais made her Olympic debut for Team Canada as a 19-year-old short track speed skater… Read more »
CBC and Radio-Canada coverage of long track speed skating begins February 7; short track racing gets underway February 10 OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Four Canadian Olympians will provide television viewers from coast-to-coast with expert insight and analysis of both short track and long track speed skating during the Milano-Cortina 2026. English language coverage on CBC will… Read more »
Former Triathlon Canada executive to start new role with Speed Skating Canada following Milano-Cortina 2026 CALGARY, ALBERTA – One of Canada’s most successful Olympic disciplines will welcome a new technical leader following the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina, as Speed Skating Canada announces today the hiring of Phil Dunne as High Performance Director of… Read more »
Maltais finishes second in Mass Start; Hiller-Donnelly, Lamarche and Blondin lead Canada to silver medal in Team Sprint INZELL, GERMANY – Valérie Maltais reached the podium for a second consecutive day on Sunday, bringing home silver in the women’s Mass Start to conclude the season’s final ISU World Cup Speed Skating event in Inzell. The… Read more »
Isabelle Weidemann finishes second overall in World Cup long distance rankings INZELL, GERMANY – Valérie Maltais reached the podium in her final race before Milano-Cortina 2026, earning bronze in the women’s 3000m at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Germany on Saturday. Maltais (La Baie, Que.) posted a time of 3:59.92 to finish third… Read more »
CALGARY, ALBERTA – Speed Skating Canada (SSC) and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) have announced the roster of Team Canada long track speed skating athletes selected to compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Canada earned Olympic athlete and distance quota spots based on results and rankings following the four ISU World Cup… Read more »
Monday’s results confirm Brooklyn McDougall and Cédrick Brunet’s place on the Olympic squad; men’s Mass Start spot still up for grabs on Tuesday QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – David La Rue and Daniel Hall can breathe a sigh of relief after securing Canada’s two men’s 1500m spots with their performances on Monday at the at the… Read more »
Laura Hall, Laurent Dubreuil and Anders Johnson add second distance to their Olympic schedule after Sunday’s results QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – An emotional performance from Rose Laliberté-Roy, who earned her first career Olympic berth with a victory 1000m, highlighted the second day of racing at the 2026 Long Track Canada Cup and Olympic Skate-Off. After… Read more »
Carolina Hiller-Donnelly, Brooklyn McDougall and Cédrick Brunet next in line for selection but need to wait before spots on the team can be confirmed QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – Laura Hall and Anders Johnson got one step closer to realizing their respective Olympic dreams thanks to timely performances Saturday at the 2026 Long Track Canada Cup… Read more »
Blondin earns Mass Start bronze while Maltais finishes fifth; both skaters prequalified for Milano-Cortina in the distance HAMAR, NORWAY – Canada’s long track speed skaters earned a pair of medals on the final day of ISU World Cup Speed Skating action before the holidays, bringing their season total to 15 medals across four events. Racing… Read more »
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