Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin will not play after she was injured in Canada’s 5-1 win over Czechia on Monday. (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)

By The Canadian Press

Olympics update

Short-track silver for Canada, women’s hockey captain Poulin out vs. U.S.

Feb 10, 2026 | 9:35 AM

MILAN — Canada picked up its first silver medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday with a silver in the short-track speedskating mixed team relay.

William Dandjinou, Kim Boutin, Félix Roussel and Courtney Sarault finished in two minutes 39.258 seconds, behind host Italy and ahead of Belgium, to give Canada a silver and two bronze at the Games.

Steven Dubois and Florence Brunelle also earned silver after skating in the relay earlier in the day

Also Tuesday, Canadian star Mikael Kingsbury and teammate Julien Viel easily advanced to the freeski men’s moguls final, and the women’s hockey team prepared to take on archrival United States in the preliminary round on Day 4 of the Games.

The mixed short-track skaters, led by breakout star Dandjinou, entered the Games as the reigning world champions and the favourites for gold. But silver was still a bit of redemption after Canada was disqualified in the mixed relay final at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Boutin and Sarault were on that 2022 team.

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It’s the first Olympic medal for Dandjinou, who won three gold medals and a silver at the 2025 short-track world championships, and fifth for Boutin.

Meanwhile, Dubois, a three-time Olympic medallist at the 2022 Beijing Games, was eliminated in the 1,000-metre preliminaries after falling in his heat following contact with Britain’s Niall Treacy. Officials ruled the contact incidental.

Dandjinou and Roussel, also making his Olympic debut, advanced by winning their preliminary heats. Roussel posted the fastest time of the round at 1:23.828, while Dandjinou clocked 1:24.672.

On the women’s side, Sarault, Boutin and Brunelle all moved through the 500-metre preliminaries. Sarault and Boutin won their heats, while Brunelle finished second in hers to reach the quarterfinals.

The defending champion Canadian women’s hockey team will face its first major test of the Games against the U.S. It’s the first Olympic meeting between the rivals since Canada defeated its neighbours south of the border in the 2022 gold-medal final in Beijing.

Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin will not play after she was injured in Canada’s 5-1 win over Czechia on Monday.

Poulin suffered an apparent knee injury after being hit by Kristyna Kaltounkova midway through the opening frame.

Hockey Canada says Poulin is listed “day to day” with a lower-body injury.

Canada will close out preliminary play on Thursday against Finland.

Kingsbury, a four-time Olympian and the most decorated freestyle skier of all time with 100 World Cup wins, qualified for the moguls final by finishing third in the preliminary round, behind world champion Ikuma Horishima of Japan and Viel.

The 33-year-old Kingsbury, one of Canada’s opening ceremony flag-bearers, won silver, gold and silver at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Games, respectively.

Canada Medal Count:

Women’s 3,000 m speed skating: Valérie Maltais from Quebec (bronze)

Women’s ski slopestyle: Megan Oldham from Ontario (bronze)

Short track speed skating mixed relay: Kim Boutin, William Dandjinou, Félix Roussel and Courtney Sarault (silver)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2026.

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