MILAN – Listed below are some notable quotes from the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 15, 2026:
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“I gave the whole lot, I had no regrets. I didn’t feel too nervous. I trusted my plan, I trusted the work that I put in with my team and just went for it. I’m really pleased with the consequence… It wasn’t easy today. We had good conditions, however the piste (path) was demanding. But I just trusted my years of experience and the work of my team. I gave it my all, the whole lot I had in my body, to go for this medal.”
— Canada’s Mikaël Kingsbury, on his gold medal in the boys’s dual moguls event.
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“Sid is playing great, but everybody is playing great. We’re in a very good place straight away, and we have now a few days to organize for the massive games.”
— Canada forward Connor McDavid, after Sidney Crosby’s goal and two assists in a 10-2 win over France, gave him 16 profession Olympic points, probably the most ever by a Canadian NHL player.
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“Tom is a very good teammate, and I appreciated him sticking up for me. He (Crinon) elbowed me within the face, and I didn’t have the puck.
“That guy didn’t need to fight Tom. He just desired to wrestle. I’d not need to fight Tom either.”
— Canadian men’s hockey forward Nathan MacKinnon on teammate Tom Wilson’s fight with France’s Pierre Crinon.
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“We all the time call the Olympics a five-ring circus and you only don’t know what ring you’re going to be in.”
–Canadian men’s curling team coach Paul Webster following a series of tense moments through the Games, including a heated exchange through the Sweden-Canada match and a change in the game’s umpire setup.
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“It’s almost more stressful (in qualifying). You possibly can’t win a medal on the market today, but you sure as hell can lose one. So it’s almost more stressful.”
— Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris, who returned from a training injury that sidelined him from big air to qualify for the slopestyle finals.
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“It wasn’t my best start, but then I used to be flying for the remainder. The track is a lot fun, and to have the opportunity to have one other probability to ride it with Audrey, we had the prospect to do something good.
“So I got here out today, did my best, going with the mindset that today is a bonus day – anything can occur in a team race.”
— Canadian snowboarder Éliot Grondin after failing to advance out of the quarterfinals of the mixed snowboard competition with teammate Audrey McManiman.
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“I just like the sound of that! It’s a reasonably nice title. However it’s special to do that along with this group. In Norway, winning the relay is what really matters — and today all of us delivered.”
— Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo after winning his record ninth Winter Games gold medal in the boys’s 4 x 7.5-kilometre relay.
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“We’re attending to see the Italian team do incredibly well. … I’ve been very fortunate to have gotten to witness Federica’s and Arianna’s golds, which were just incredible. Their stories of resilience and fight and the whole lot good in humanity were really showcased.”
— International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry on host Italy winning its most medals ever at a Winter Games.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2026.
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