Canada’s Day 6 surge: Grondin, Kingsbury and Sarault push medal tally to seven

On Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 (ET), Canada added two silvers and a bronze at the Milan-Cortina Games, with Eliot Grondin taking silver in men’s snowboard cross, Mikael Kingsbury earning silver in men’s moguls on a tiebreak, and Courtney Sarault sprinting to bronze in the women’s 500 metres short track. The trio’s results moved the nation’s total to seven medals through Day 6.

Grondin repeats silver in snowboard cross, extends podium streak

Eliot Grondin delivered Canada’s late-day highlight with silver in men’s snowboard cross at Livigno, finishing just behind Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle. The result mirrors their podium order from Beijing 2022, where Grondin also claimed silver and Haemmerle took gold. It is the third Olympic medal for the 24-year-old from Ste‑Marie, Quebec.

Grondin, who captured the 2025 world title in this event, entered the Milan-Cortina competition as a narrow betting favorite in a notably wide-open field, with implied odds around 31%. The final again came down to margins, with Haemmerle edging the Canadian in a tight, tactical run.

“A lot of emotion, for sure, ” Grondin said afterward. “We came here for gold, but at the same time, I rode as good as I could today. I had fun — silver it is and I can be happy with my week. ”

Kingsbury edged to silver on turns after score tie in men’s moguls

Earlier on the hills, Mikael Kingsbury, 33, secured silver in men’s moguls in agonizing fashion. He matched Australia’s Cooper Woods with an 83. 71 in the final but lost the tiebreak on turns, the decisive category that handed Woods gold. The result brings Kingsbury’s Olympic tally to four medals, adding to his gold from Pyeongchang 2018 and silvers from Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022.

“I feel amazing. I’m very happy with my skiing, ” Kingsbury said. “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. ”

The razor-thin finish underlined the depth at the top of the moguls field, with execution and form on turns proving pivotal under the bright lights of the final round.

Sarault storms to bronze in women’s 500m short track

On the short-track oval in Milan, 25-year-old Courtney Sarault added to Canada’s momentum with bronze in the women’s 500 metres, clocking 42. 427. She edged the Netherlands’ Selma Poutsma at the line to claim her second podium of these Games, following silver in the mixed team relay. The Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer took gold in 41. 609 and Italy’s Arianna Fontana earned silver.

“It feels surreal, ” Sarault said. “The 500 wasn’t always my strongest distance and I worked really, really hard this summer. The fact that in 2023 I was questioning if I was done with this sport, and now I’m on the podium — it’s just crazy. ”

Sarault’s result underscores Canada’s depth across the relay and sprint distances, and adds key momentum for the remainder of the short-track program in Milan.

Dandjinou fourth in men’s 1, 000m after late shuffle

Montreal’s William Dandjinou narrowly missed the podium in the men’s 1, 000 metres, finishing fourth after leading into the bell lap. In a frenetic final corner sequence, the Netherlands’ Jens van ’t Wout slipped through on the inside to take the lead, with China’s Sun Long and South Korea’s Rim Jongun also pushing past in the scramble to the line.

“Pretty disappointing with the result, but I know I did a good race, ” Dandjinou said. “My game plan was set, I executed it pretty well until the last lap. When it doesn’t work and you are still fourth at the Olympics, it’s pretty good. ”

The razor’s-edge nature of the distance — where position, timing and clean lines collide inside the final lap — was on full display in a race that swung dramatically in the closing seconds.

Medal tally hits seven, with more opportunities on deck

With Grondin’s silver, Kingsbury’s silver and Sarault’s bronze, Canada’s medal count reached seven by the end of Day 6. Grondin’s podium arrived against a loaded snowboard cross field that featured several recent global champions and World Cup winners, while Kingsbury reasserted his long-held stature in moguls with another Olympic medal, even as a tiebreak tiptoed him to second instead of first. Sarault’s sprint bronze further bolsters a short-track unit that continues to threaten in multiple distances.

As the Games pivot into their middle stretch, Canada carries podium form into the remaining alpine, freestyle, short-track and snowboarding events — and with it, a pathway to keep the medal momentum rolling through the weekend.