Canada has a second gold medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
Freestyle skier Megan Oldham, 24, of Parry Sound, Ont. topped the field on the women’s big air event on Monday. Oldham finished the competition with 180.75 points, just ahead of defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu (179.00) of China. Earlier in the Games, Oldham won bronze in women’s slopestyle.
Megan OLDHAM [CAN] takes the #Gold!
She tops the scoresheets in Livigno in the women's freeski Big Air, her second medal of the Games after taking bronze in the slopestyle event.@FISFreestyle | #MilanoCortina2026 | #MedalAlert | @TeamCanada | #Samsung | #OpenAlwaysWins pic.twitter.com/8MbYv1SX0C
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) February 16, 2026
Canada now has 11 overall medals – two gold, four silver and five bronze.
OLYMPIC NOTES: Team Canada beat Switzerland 2-1 in women’s hockey semifinal play and will meet the U.S. for gold on Thursday. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored both Canadian goals, in the process breaking Hayley Wickenheiser’s national team record of 18 goals in Olympic play.
Marie-Philip Poulin has broken the record and is the all-time leading goal scorer in Olympic women’s hockey.
A true Canadian legend and a real MVP
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— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 16, 2026
