5 issues to observe on Sunday on the Winter Games – National

MILAN – From the Olympic debut of males’s twin moguls to extra males’s hockey motion, listed here are 5 issues to look out for on the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 15:

MOGULS SHOWDOWN

Freestyle snowboarding star Mikael Kingsbury missed out on his second ever gold medal final week by means of a tiebreaker in males’s moguls, however he’ll have one other shot on the crown in a brand new Olympic competitors. Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Que. will race in males’s twin moguls when that occasion makes its Olympic debut Sunday. Unlike the people occasion, this competitors will see skiers race one another down the mountain, with the one receiving a greater rating from judges advancing.

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READY TO GO

Pairs skaters Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will take to the ice within the quick program after the duo confronted injury-related uncertainty. The former world champions withdrew from the group occasion earlier on the Games after Stellato-Dudek sustained a coaching damage on Jan. 30. She has declined to element the damage, saying solely it was not a concussion. Fellow Canadian pair Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud may even skate within the occasion.

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FRENCH CONNECTION

Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and the remainder of the Canadian males’s hockey group are again in motion to wrap up their round-robin schedule in opposition to France. Canada has already clinched the highest spot of Group A with dominant victories over Czechia and Switzerland, incomes a bye to the event’s quarterfinal. McDavid has a purpose and 5 assists to date to guide the event in factors.

JUMP ON IT

Calgary’s Abigail Strate will get her shot at redemption after ending eleventh within the ladies’s ski leaping regular hill occasion when the massive hill competitors makes its Olympic debut. The 24-year-old from Calgary has gained 5 of her six World Cup medals this season in giant hill, together with a gold on Jan. 1 in Germany. Strate will characterize Canada, together with Natalie Eilers and Nicole Maurer.

BOARDING TIME

Canada will hope so as to add to its medal depend because the blended group snowboard cross occasion takes flight, after incomes a bronze medal 4 years in the past in Beijing. Canada’s Éliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine mixed to succeed in the rostrum within the sport’s Olympic debut in 2022. Grondin, who captured silver in males’s snowboard cross earlier within the week, is teamed with Audrey McManiman this time.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Feb. 14, 2026.