Here’s the latest on Day 15 of the Milan Cortina Olympics

It’s Day 15 of competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and Canada’s men’s curling team is vying for gold against Great Britain, while the women go for bronze against the U.S. Elsewhere, Canadian athletes are competing in hockey, speedskating and ski cross.

Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern.

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9:38 a.m.

Canada’s Cassie Sharpe says she suffered a bad concussion and facial bruising in the qualifiers of the women’s ski halfpipe.

The 2018 Olympic champion said in an Instagram video that she is out of hospital and doing OK.

Canadian team officials confirmed earlier today that Sharpe hasn’t been medically cleared to participate in today’s final.

Sharpe, a two-time Olympic medallist, says it’s not safe for her to compete but she’ll be cheering on the other Canadian women in the final.

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9:24 a.m.

The United States leads Canada 3-2 halfway through the women’s curling bronze-medal game.

Neither team has been able to do much damage when holding the hammer, with the opposition forcing teams to settle for one-point ends.

Canada will have the hammer in the sixth end.

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9:14 a.m.

Canada’s Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu has advanced to the men’s final of speedskating’s mass start by winning his semifinal.

The top eight from each semifinal advance to the final 16. Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., was 15th in the event in Beijing in 2022.

Canada’s Daniel Hall will skate in the other semifinal.

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8:46 a.m.

Sidney Crosby was back on the practice ice today ahead of Canada’s gold-medal hockey match against the United States.

Coach Jon Cooper says the 38-year-old Canadian captain will be a game-time decision on Sunday.

Crosby missed Friday’s 3-2 victory over Finland with a lower-body injury suffered in the quarterfinals against Czechia.

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8:05 a.m.

Canada’s Rachel Homan is taking on the United States in the women’s curling bronze medal game.

Tabitha Peterson’s American team is starting with the hammer, as it had the better record in the preliminary round.

Canada’s Brad Jacobs takes on Britain for men’s curling gold later today.

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7:19 a.m.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has completed his historic gold-medal sweep of the men’s cross-country skiing events by winning his sixth race and setting the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.

Klaebo’s victory in the 50-kilometre mass start race, part of a podium sweep for Norway, shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speedskater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. He also extended his record for most career Winter Olympic gold medals to 11 over three Games.

Antoine Cyr was the top Canadian in 11th, while Thomas Stephen crossed the line in 17th.

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6:50 a.m.

Canada has been eliminated from the men’s ski cross competition.

Reece Howden of Chilliwack, B.C., and Toronto’s Kevin Drury were knocked out in the quarterfinal after teammate Jared Smith received a yellow card and failed to advance in a qualifying round.

The 27-year-old Howden was a major contender, having topped the World Cup standings in 2021, 2023 and 2025. He is also leading the circuit this season.

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6:07 a.m.

Canadian officials have confirmed that two-time Olympic medallist Cassie Sharpe won’t be competing in today’s women’s ski halfpipe finals.

The Comox, B.C., athlete, who won gold in Pyeongchang and silver in Beijing, was injured in a nasty fall in Thursday’s women’s qualifying.

The Canadian Olympic Committee says Sharpe has been released after a “precautionary” hospital stay, but has not been cleared to compete by medical staff.

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5:30 a.m.

Canada has fallen just short of qualifying for the final in mixed-team aerial freestyle skiing.

The Canadians appeared in good shape to reach the final four but slipped to fifth after the final jump in the qualifiers.

The United States, China, Australia and Switzerland went on to the final.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 21, 2026.