MILAN, ITALY – Valérie Maltais put her name among Canadian speed skating greats with her third medal of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, a bronze in the women’s 1500 metres Friday afternoon. The 35-year-old from Saguenay, Que. earlier won gold as a member of Canada’s team pursuit champions after an individual bronze in the 3000 metres…. Read more »
MILAN, ITALY – To be the champs you have to beat the champs—and there was no beating the champs in the women’s team pursuit at Milano Cortina 2026. The Canadian trio of Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, and Isabelle Weidemann skated to a gold medal win at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium on Day 11 of Milano Cortina 2026, defending the… Read more »
MILAN, ITALY – At his third Olympic Games, Laurent Dubreuil captured the bronze medal in the men’s 500m long track speed skating event at Milano Cortina 2026. It was the medal he had been missing; the achievement he wanted to complete his career. After earning silver in the 1000m four years ago, Dubreuil once again stood on… Read more »
MILAN, ITALY – Ted-Jan Bloemen is leaving Milano Cortina 2026 with gold. It’s not a gold medal, but it might be something even more meaningful, considering who gave it to him. “My daughter came up to me and gave me a golden pin that she had gotten somewhere and she said ‘the other guys got a medal and… Read more »
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 »
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