Photo Gallery: Canada’s Day 8 at Milan Cortina Olympics

By Canadian Press on February 14, 2026.

Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil added a bronze to Canada’s medal chest on Day 8 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as the women’s hockey team advanced to the semifinals at the halfway mark of the Games.

The 33-year-old Dubreuil from Lévis, Que., sprinted across the men’s 500-metre finish line in a short-lived Olympic-record time of 34.26 seconds to capture his second long track Olympic medal, after a silver in the 1,000 in Beijing.

Short-track speedskater William Dandjinou, of Sherbrooke, Que., was favoured to reach the top of the podium in Saturday’s men’s 1,500-metre final but finished fifth. The Netherlands’ Jens van ’t Wout, who captured the 1,000 title earlier this week, won gold ahead of South Korea’s Hwang Daeheon and Latvia’s Roberts Kruzbergs.

Meanwhile, the defending Olympic women’s hockey champion Canadians defeated Germany 5-1 to advance to the semifinals.

Captain Marie-Philip Poulin returned to the lineup after being injured earlier in the week and missing the last two preliminary-round games. She scored Canada’s fifth goal on a power play to give her 18 Olympic goals, tying Hayley Wickenheiser for the record.

In freestyle skiing, Canadians Megan Oldham and Naomi Urness qualified for the women’s big air finals Saturday. Oldham, of Parry Sound, Ont., finished first in the qualifier round with a score of 171.75 while Urness, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., ranked seventh with 161.25.

Here’s a look at Canada’s eighth day at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in photos.