USA vs Canada for Olympic women's hockey gold
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Day 12 of the 2026 Winter Olympics was been a busy one for Team USA and a quarterfinal showdown for the men's hockey team against Sweden capped off the day in dramatic fashion. Th
Thursday at the Olympics is headlined by the U.S. facing Canada for women's hockey gold and figure skater Alysa Liu looking to snap a 20-year U.S. drought.
Team USA defeated both Switzerland and Canada in round-robin play, but lost 9-4 to Sweden during the round-robin session. Both wins over Switzerland and Canada came by just one point, which should lead to some more tense games for the Americans as they inch closer to earning a medal.
McAvoy, Swayman, Jokiharju and Korpisalo are all still in the running for an Olympic medal ahead of Friday’s semifinal meetings. The gold-medal game is scheduled for Sunday at 8:10 a.m. ET; the bronze-medal game will be on Saturday at 2:40 p.m. ET.
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Joep Wennemars was the first of those contenders, the Dutch skater up in the 11th pair against Italy’s Daniele di Stefano. Wennemars was frustrated in the 1,000-meter event when he was impeded on a lane change, and while he took his re-skate he could not reach the podium.
The 2026 Winter Olympics medal count is taking shape as the Milano Cortina Games begin to wind down. Norway sits atop the table with a whopping 34 medals, including an Olympic-high 16 gold, 8 silver,
Frostad swiped the gold medal back from Forehand by equalling that 98.25 on his final run, giving Norway its 14th gold of this year's Games. While Forehand couldn't nab gold, he walked away with an impressive silver medal in what commentators called the best Big Air competition they've ever seen with outrageous scoring from the entire field.