Canada’s ski cross, alpine ski racers unveiled for 2026 Olympic Games

By Canadian Press on January 26, 2026.

TORONTO — World champions James Crawford, Laurence St-Germain and Marielle Thompson lead Canada’s alpine ski team into the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games

Alpine Canada has announced the 20 athletes who will compete in downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, team alpine combined and ski cross.

The 2026 Winter Olympics officially open Feb. 6 with men’s downhill the following day on Bormio’s Stelvio slope.

Toronto’s Crawford won a super-G world championship and St-Germain captured a women’s slalom world title in 2023.

Ski cross racers Thompson of Whistler, B.C., and Brittany Phelan of Mont-Tremblant, Que., will both represent Canada in a fourth Olympic Games.

Thompson won Olympic gold in 2018 and silver in 2022 as well as a world championship in 2019. Phelan earned Olympic silver in 2018.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26, 2026.

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