Usa Canada Hockey Game caps a closing day of drama at the Milan Cortina Olympics
The usa canada hockey game will decide the men’s gold medal as the Milan Cortina Olympics wrap up Sunday with five events that each determine gold medals, followed by the closing ceremony. The United States, fresh from a 6-2 semifinal win over Slovakia, is expected to face a far tougher challenge against Canada, which will be without defenseman Josh Morrissey and whose captain, Sidney Crosby, was injured in the quarterfinals and had not been ruled out as of Saturday afternoon.
Usa Canada Hockey Game: U. S. form, TV audience expectations and timing notes
The United States enters the final after a 6-2 victory over Slovakia in the semifinals, but matchup observers see a far tougher challenge ahead in the usa canada hockey game. The women's hockey gold medal game between the same two nations recorded the largest U. S. television audience for a women's hockey game on record, with an average of 5. 3 million viewers; the men's game is likely to top the 9. 3 million who watched last year's 4 Nations final. Times listed in the schedule include 8: 10 a. m. ET and 2: 10 p. m. in Italy; the context does not make clear which specific event those times refer to.
Canadian roster and injury update: Josh Morrissey out, Sidney Crosby's status uncertain
Canada will again be without defenseman Josh Morrissey in the lineup. Captain Sidney Crosby suffered an injury in the quarterfinals and had not been ruled out as of Saturday afternoon, leaving the team's final roster picture partially unresolved ahead of the men's gold-medal game.
Milan Cortina closing day: five gold events and memorable moments from the Games
The Milan Cortina Olympics conclude Sunday with five medal-deciding events followed by the closing ceremony. The Games contained a string of distinctive moments: a dog loped down the homestretch during the women's cross-country skiing team sprint qualifying, a biathlete confessed on television to cheating on his girlfriend, and a skier walked off into the woods after missing a gate on his final run.
Livigno snow forces postponement; Eileen Gu's halfpipe final moved
Snow in Livigno led to the postponement of a final that had been scheduled for Saturday night. Eileen Gu, the 22-year-old who was born in San Francisco, attends Stanford and competes for China, is the defending gold medalist and had qualified fifth for the final. Great Britain's Zoe Atkin was the top qualifier. Gu took silver in slopestyle and big air at these Games and is seeking to medal in all three freestyle skiing events for the second successive Olympics. One schedule line lists 4: 40 a. m. ET and 10: 40 a. m. in Italy; the context does not clearly link that timing to a single event.
Historic women's 50km: distance, conversion and key contenders
For the first time, women will compete in the Olympics at 50km — a staple distance for the men — as part of an effort to make the 2026 Games what the International Olympic Committee has called "the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history. " Fifty kilometers converts to a little more than 31 miles, which is longer than a marathon (26. 2 miles). Based on results from 50km classic World Cup races, the top finishers in Tesero, Italy, are expected to take a little more than two hours and 10 minutes to complete the race.
The 50km race will mark the final Olympic appearance for the United States' Jessie Diggins, who earned silver in 2022 in the 30km freestyle, which was the longest women's race at the time. Diggins earned bronze in the 10km this month, the fourth Olympic medal of her career. Sweden's Ebba Andersson, who has two individual silvers in these Games, is among the favorites, while her teammate Frida Karlsson, who has two individual golds, withdrew due to illness. One schedule entry for cross-country lists 4 a. m. ET and 10 a. m. in Italy.
Team sprint heats: German dominance through two heats and U. S. placement
Through two heats of the team sprint, German teams hold the three fastest combined times. Germany has claimed gold and silver in each of the last two Olympics in this event and won it at every Olympics from 1994 to 2006. The top U. S. team through two heats is ninth, a full second behind the leader. Heat timing entries include Heat 3 at 4 a. m. ET (10 a. m. in Italy) and Heat 4 at 6: 15 a. m. ET (12: 15 p. m. in Italy).
