Canada, Sweden and curling
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Day 8 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games brings another massive slate of medal events including skiing disciplines, men's and women's hockey and curling matches. Other sports where medals will be handed out today include the men’s 500m speedskating,
Until Friday, the American women had never beaten Canada — a perennial favorite that has medaled in every Winter Games since curling was added to the Olympics in 1998. The U.S. men beat the Canadians for the first time in the 2018 round-robin and again in the semifinals en route to their gold medal victory in Pyeongchang.
The defending world champs and the winningest Olympic team of all time are sitting at the top of the men's curling standings through three sessions of play on Friday. Canada and Switzerland are both 3-0 in Cortina — the only remaining unbeaten teams.
When the men's rinks of Canada and Sweden met at the Winter Olympics in Cortina on Friday, tempers became frayed.
Cameras caught a testy NSFW exchange between the men’s Canadian curling team and Sweden during Friday’s matchup.
Through two sessions of play, Great Britain ended Day 2 of men's curling competition on Thursday as the only 2-0 team. Team GB sits alone atop the standings, with three teams — Canada, Italy, and Switzerland — close behind at 1-0.
With the noise inside the arena rising every session, one curler has made it clear he doesn’t want it turned down. Following his 7th-place finish in the mixed doubles, Swiss skip Yannick Schwaller is reigning strong in the singles showdown.