More silver for Canada as Grondin, Kingsbury finish second in snowboard cross, moguls

By Canadian Press on February 12, 2026.

MILAN — Canada has landed on the podium for its fifth and sixth medals — both silver — at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6, both on the hills of Livigno and both in narrow misses for the gold.

Snowboarder Eliot Grondin secured the latest medal for Canada after finishing just behind Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle in men’s snowboard cross, the Canadian’s third-ever Olympic medal.

Grondin’s previous haul includes another silver at the same event in Beijing 2022, where the 24-year-old from Ste-Marie, Que., also finished second to Haemmerle.

In men’s moguls earlier in the day, freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury missed out on gold in the narrowest of fashions — with a tiebreaker — while claiming silver.

Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., matched the exact score of Australia’s Cooper Woods of 83.71 in the final run but lost out due to the Australian scoring higher marks for turns.

“I feel amazing. I’m very happy with my skiing. It was close, a tiebreak – unfortunately, I’m the guy not on the good side of it. But I’ve worked very hard for this medal,” Kingsbury said.

It is Kingsbury’s fourth medal after gold in Pyeongchang 2018 as well as bronzes at Beijing 2022 and Sochi 2014.

In Tesero, Edmonton’s Alison Mackie finished eighth in the women’s 10-kilometre interval start, 1:17.9 behind Sweden’s Frida Karlsson, who led a Swedish one-two ahead of Ebba Andersson, with American Jessie Diggins taking bronze.

Elsewhere, Canadian hockey is commanding the spotlight on Day 6, as the men open their tournament and the women look to regroup.

The men’s hockey team opens against Czechia in Milan as NHL players compete at the Games for the first time since 2014, with Sidney Crosby chasing a third gold medal and Connor McDavid stepping onto the Olympic stage for the first time.

The Canadian women face Finland in their final preliminary-round game, looking to steady themselves after a 5-0 loss to the United States and again playing without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin.

The day could also see Canada reach the podium on a different ice surface, with the Canadian short-track speedskating team — fresh off a mixed relay silver — chasing more medals in the women’s 500-metre and men’s 1,000 finals in Milan.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2026.

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