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European dominance continues in Milano Cortina Games
The Swiss have so far dominated in alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and ski jumping, while Germany has golds both in luge and ski jumping.
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Prabhjot Paul Singh - Mon, 09, Feb 2026
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Jozef Ninis: the five-time Olympic luger from Slovakia / Milano Cortina 2026
Japan provided an exception to European domination of proceedings on Day 3 of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games. Of the five gold medals decided, four went to Europeans, while Japan’s Kokomo Murase provided the exception. She won the women’s snowboard big air event for her country’s second gold of the Games.
Norway continued to maintain its No. 1 position on the medals table without adding any new medals to its tally. At the same time, Switzerland moved to the second spot by swelling its gold tally to three. Japan, Germany and the U.S. have two gold medals each, while the Netherlands was the latest nation to join the gold medal list.
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The Swiss have so far dominated in alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and ski jumping, while Germany has golds both in luge and ski jumping.
It was basically a day dominated by the Swiss. They not only dominated and won the men’s team combined event in alpine skiing but also the women’s freeski slopestyle gold through Mathilde Gremaud. It was in this event that Canada got its second bronze of the Games.
Philipp Raimund gave Germany its second gold when he won the men’s normal hill (NH) ski jumping individual event.
The Dutch were not far behind Switzerland and Germany in the gold hunt. The first gold of the Games for the Netherlands came in the women’s 1,000-meter speed skating event, where Jutta Leerdam was the best. Femke Kok, also of the Netherlands, shared the silver.
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Canada got its second bronze medal of the Games. Megan Oldham captured bronze in women’s freeski slopestyle. This is Canada’s first Olympic medal in women’s ski slopestyle since the event’s debut at Sochi 2014, where Dara Howell captured gold and Kim Lamarre took bronze.
Team Canada’s women’s hockey team won its second straight game, defeating Team Czechia 5-1. It will face the United States tomorrow.
In figure skating’s ice dance event, all three Canadian teams have advanced to the free dance, which will take place Wednesday. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will head into the free dance in a bronze medal position. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha, and Marie-Jade Lauriault and Roman Le Gac, sit ninth and 15th, respectively.
In long-track speed skating, Beatrice Lamarche placed fifth in the women’s 1,000-meter event during her Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026. It is Canada’s best result in the event at an Olympic Winter Games since Christine Nesbitt won gold at Vancouver 2010.
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