Olympics news, live updates: Erin Jackson fails to defend her crown, Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 11th in giant slalom

Fans wondering if suspensions might result from the fight toward the end of Canada’s ice hockey match with France quickly got an answer. Neither player will be disciplined beyond the 5-minute penalties and ejections they received, reports SportsNet’s Elliotte Friedman.

Canada improved to 3-0 in men’s ice hockey group play, dominating France in a 10-2 victory on Sunday.

Macklin Celebrini tallied two goals, while Tom Wilson, Devon Toews, Mark Stone, Cale Makar, Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Bo Horvat and Brandon Hagel also scored for Canada.

With a goal and assist, Crosby became Canada’s leading scorer among NHL players in the Winter Olympics, overtaking Jarome Iginla. However, McDavid will likely surpass him eventually as he’s tallied nine points during the 2026 Games thus far. He notched a goal and two assists in Sunday’s win.

Canada held a 3-1 lead over France after one period, but blew the game open in a five-minute stretch during the second frame.

Macklin Celebrini scored on a penalty shot following a hooking call that gave Team Canada a 4-1 lead. But just 19 seconds after that, captain Sidney Crosby also got the puck past France’s Julian Junca to put Canada on top, 5-1.

Erin Jackson came up empty in her pursuit of a second straight Olympic gold medal in her signature race.

Unable to unleash the same devastating speed and elite cornering technique that she displayed in Beijing four years ago, the American speedskater missed the podium in the women’s 500 on Sunday evening.

Jackson seemed to catch a break by going head-to-head against world-record holder Femke Kok of the Netherlands in the final pairing of the competition. That gave her the chance to pace herself against the pre-race favorite, who is unbeaten in the 500 since February 2024 and has won the past three world championships at this distance.

What happened instead was that Kok turned on the afterburners on the back stretch and left Jackson behind. Kok won gold in an Olympic record 36.49 seconds. Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands took silver in 37.15, a reversal of their one-two finish in the women’s 1,000 when it was Leerdam who edged Kok for gold. Japan’s Miho Takagi took bronze.

Jackson settled for fifth place, more than eight-tenths of a second behind Kok but only five-hundredths of a second shy of bronze. It was a disappointing near miss for a skater who has endured an injury-plagued season yet arrived in Milan ranked No. 3 in the world in speedskating’s shortest, most explosive race.

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The U.S. women’s curling team earned its fourth win in round-robin play, outlasting China for a 6-5 win in 10 ends.

The Canadian women’s curling team is involved in controversy regarding double-touching rules after the men’s team faced the same allegations.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s difficult 2026 Winter Olympics continued on Sunday with the Alpine skier finishing 11th in the women’s Giant Slalom competition.

She finished seventh in her first run, 1.02 seconds off the pace with her time of 1:04.25. On her second run, she finished 13th with a time of 1:10.17. Altogether, Shiffrin placed ninth with a combined 2:14.42.

Norway cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo set a Winter Olympics record on Sunday by winning his ninth career gold medal.

The U.S. men’s curling team started Day 9 of the Winter Olympics with an 8-5 win over defending gold medalist Sweden in round-robin play.

Sweden took a 2-1 advantage after the first three ends, but Team USA took control of the match with a 3-0 fourth end. Niklas Edin missed the house trying a takeout, which presented an opportunity for Danny Casper to hit a draw to the button for three points.

Lindsey Vonn announced via Instagram on Saturday that her latest surgery went well and she plans to return to the U.S.

Team USA might have it on a formula to get it through the rough stretches of these Olympics: When all else fails, just add Brady.

Brady Tkachuk threw hands late in the first period, then threw an equalizer into the net halfway through the second to rally a frustrated Team USA to a key 6-3 victory over Denmark. Six different Americans scored, a necessary if erratic and late-arriving offensive explosion.

But not all wins are victories. This was a sloppy, subpar effort from a United States team that needs to be playing at a much higher level if it hopes to bring home a gold against Canada. When your All-Star squad is getting pushed around by a team with only five current NHL players and prospects on its roster, there’s work to be done between now and the knockout rounds.

Denmark played the U.S. tough in the first period and closed the margin to one goal at the end of the second.

But Team USA increased its offensive pressure in the Danish zone, resulting in five goals over the final two periods and an eventual 6-3 victory.

Denmark switched goaltenders late in the third period, replacing Mats Sogaard with Frederik Dichow. But Team USA is still scoring goals.

The U.S. increased its lead to 6-3 on a Jack Hughes score. Hughes stole the puck at center ice and attacked the net on a breakaway. He banked the puck in the net off the backside of Dichow.

Team USA has opened its lead back up to two goals on a Jake Guentzel score.

The U,S, kept pressure on in the Denmark zone, moving the puck around and getting shots off from a variety of angles. Auston Matthews finally pounced on a loose puck besides the net and found Guentzel in front of the net for a quick slap shot.