2026 Winter Olympics - Day 16 (February 22)

[Topicmaster1010 6,614]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

In any case, I’ll just do 23 and under and say how old each of them are. Unfamiliar on a lot of the up and comers, so I’m definitely missing a lot. 

 

Haven’t Made Their Olympic Debuts

Short Track - Courtney Charlong (19), Qi Miao, Victoria Jean-Baptiste, Mathieu Pelletier (20), Anne-Sophie Bachand (21)

Snowboarding - Emeraud Maheux, Truth Smith 

Alpine Skiing - Jake Kertesz-Knight (20)

Freestyle Skiing - Emeline Bennett (22), Alexandre Duchaine (21), Kaleb Barnum, Nicholas Kastrusiak, Charlie Beatty, Matthew Lepine, Alexandra Montminy (19)

 

Have Made Their Olympic Debuts

Alpine Skiing - Brit Richardson (22)

Cross Country Skiing - Alison Mackie (20), Xavier McKeever (22), Liliane Gagnon (23), Sonjaa Schmidt (23), Tom Stephen (23), Jasmine Drolet (23)

Figure Skating - Stephen Gogolev (21)

Freestyle Skiing - Miha Fontaine (22), Emile Nadeau (22), Victor Primeau (22), Ashley Koehler (22), Andrew Longino (23), Dylan Deschamps (23), Naomi Urness (21)

Luge - Embyr-Lee Susko (20), Allan/Podulsky (22/20)

Hockey - Not going to bother with the men, but Watts (22), Primerano (19), Kraemer (19) are some of the women’s names. 

Snowboarding - Eli Bouchard (18), Cameron Spalding (20), Juliette Pelchat (21), Aurelie Moisan (21)

Skeleton - Hallie Clarke (21)

Short Track - Florence Brunelle (22)

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[George_D 1,643]

So from the numbers I guess that Freestyle Skiing and Short Track are the most promising events, at this moment

[Surlympics 1,379]

22 hours ago, George_D said:

So from the numbers I guess that Freestyle Skiing and Short Track are the most promising events, at this moment

I’d definitely add figure skating to the mix. Beyond Gogolev, we have incredible depth coming up. Lia Cho (13) is arguably the best young female skater in the world right now, and Quinn Startek (14) is another huge talent that many people are already talking about. Minsol Kwan (17) Camilla Volkova (15) Viktoria Barahatkina (15) and Sandrine Blais (17) are also very promising. Grayson Long (17) is also being talked about a lot and is currently working with Brian Orser.

 

In pairs, Lia Pereira is only 21, which means she still has a long career ahead with Trent if they stay together. But i think Ava Kemp (18) and Yohnatan Elizarov (23) will eventually take over as the next dominant pair.

 

In ice dance, LaLa (25/26) seem poised to step into Piper and Paul’s shoes and potentially even exceed them. They could realistically challenge the young American duo and position themselves strongly heading into the French Alps, even with the French team expected to dominate on home ice. On top of that, we also have a very promising young dance team in Layla Veillon (19) and Alexander Brandys (20). So there is a lot to be excited about for the future of figure skating for Canada as well.

[intoronto 6,947]

Canada also has a development Ski jump team,

 

https://canskijumpdevo.com/

Not sure if they will amount to anything for 2030

[Surlympics 1,379]

7 hours ago, intoronto said:

Canada also has a development Ski jump team,

 

https://canskijumpdevo.com/

Not sure if they will amount to anything for 2030

It’s great we are going to be actual medal threats in the Nordic sports now. Exciting times. And as unfortunate as it was for Loutit being injured she said she shifted her focus to helping these jumpers while she was recovering. So really big boost for them having her help develop them.

[Josh 13,631]

10 hours ago, intoronto said:

Canada also has a development Ski jump team,

 

https://canskijumpdevo.com/

Not sure if they will amount to anything for 2030

"Reaching the podium" I see they aren't choosing to be realistic, qualifying will be the main goal.