Sport system under strain showed in Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, says COC chief
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MILAN – The chief executive officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee says Canadians deserve a sport system that is properly funded, and that national sport organizations are stretched thin.
David Shoemaker made the remarks on Sunday at the COC’s closing news conference at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Shoemaker said waiting eight days for Canada’s first gold medal of the Games emphasized his point.
Canada is tracking to finish outside the top five countries in the medal table for the first time since the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Canada was at 20 medals, including five gold, with the men’s hockey final between Canada and the United States and a few other events to be completed on the final day of competition.
Canada earned 26 medals, including four gold, in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 22, 2026.