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Self-Portrait (rotated), potential sketch for The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo, late 15th//early 16th c

A text preview for Finland versus Switzerland asking whether a more rested Swiss team could keep Finland to the outside, and whether the Finns can score after having gone goalless in 3 of 4 preliminary round games.

Answer 1: yes, they can
Answer 2: no, the Finns end their tournament having gone goalless in 4 of 5 games

A text preview fir Canada versus Germany asking if the Canadians can implement their areas of focus without getting complacent, and whether the German defence could hold Canada to the perimeter.

Answer 1: okayishly, sort of
Answer 2: mediocre-ly

A preview of USA versus Italy asking how well Italy can maintain its structure and whether Team USA can get its power play units to their full potential.

Answer 1: Just as well as anyone else has!
Answer 2: They did not.

Canadian figure skater Stephen Gogolev had the second-best free program of the night.

He finishes 5th in his first Olympics. Less than a point and a half away from the podium.

With so much pressure in this venue today, Gogolev skated freely, confidently, beautifully.

What is not mentioned here, and what I think is essential when framing Malinin vs Kagiyama as a microcosm for it, is that Malinin himself has been vocal about figure skating being both sport and art and has spoken repeatedly about the scoring system undervaluing skating skills and artistry.

Answer 1: yes
Answer 2: nope

Mira Jungåker is one of my favourite young players in the sport but unfortunately you cannot in good faith recommend that people pay money to squint at the Ohio State streams 🥲

heja sverige, this team is fun

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Milano Cortina 2026 Ice Hockey: Bonus Day and Quarterfinal Notes The women’s hockey tournament wrapped up its preliminary round with the postponed meeting between Canada and Finland. Next up, the quarterfinals. 12 February 2026 Finland vs. Canada: 5-0 Canada T...

Troy Ryan described Canada's pre-game meeting against Finland as "weird" and "kind of random to do," so naturally, I was intrigued. More on Canada's efforts to turn its tournament around at #milanocortina2026 victorypress.org/2026/02/13/m...

as a brief respite from the olympics, highly recommend watching today's final jeopardy

They are so proud.

And so joyous. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier basking in their starry night.

“Thank you for seeing us” Paul just said to me when I asked him about this journey that Canada has supported.

From the olympics community on Reddit: Biathlon bronze winner admits recent infidelity on Norwegian live TV Explore this post and more from the olympics community

hi hello happy tuesday, it is very important to me that everyone is made aware of possibly the most unhinged story to emerge from these olympics: www.reddit.com/r/olympics/s...

Marie-Philip Poulin has been ruled out of today's game against the U.S., per the COC and Hockey Canada. She is listed as day-to-day.

Come for the hockey, stay for the existential dread ⛸️

(I am aware she got two minors, that is not the appropriate penalty.)

Kaltounkova with her second hit to the head of the period. First Poulin, now Fillier. Blatant and the referees aren’t calling it.

I just think maybe two hits to the head against two of the opponent's top players is the type of headhunting that should be penalized, but what do I know

Really not sure how that wasn’t a major on the hit to Poulin. Was clearly to the head.

With its regulation win over Japan, Italy's women's hockey team has officially secured a spot in the #MilanoCortina2026 quarterfinals. This was their goal for the Olympic tournament.

Milano Cortina 2026 Ice Hockey: Tournament days 1-2 discussion The women’s hockey tournament is two days and five games old and there’s already been plenty of interesting outcomes, on and off the ice. Let’s dig into what surprised us, what stood out and what you ...

The first two days of the #MilanoCortina2026 women's hockey tournament were certainly eventful… @nicolehaase.bsky.social and I broke down what stood out: victorypress.org/2026/02/07/m...

Switzerland is scheduled to play Canada tomorrow; so far, per the SIHF, no other players have shown symptoms. #MilanoCortina2026

Per the federation, the affected athlete has been isolated in a single room and is no longer symptomatic. Goalie Andrea Brändli is the only Swiss player who wasn't dressed for today's game.

Actualités National Teams Toute l'actualité officielle des équipes nationales suisses de hockey sur glace féminines, masculines et juniors. Matchs, résultats, équipe et personnel.

Some women's hockey news: The Swiss team is not attending the Opening Ceremonies as one player has tested positive for norovirus. The result came in after today's game against Czechia, which Switzerland won in a shootout. m.sihf.ch/fr/national-...

I like how there's a fun fact for every country and then "here's Finland: they have norovirus!"

There is something very funny to me about these little delegations with no local flagbearer, just an athlete holding up a tiny sign

We all know about the great honour of being named Olympic flagbearer, but I would like a deep dive on how each delegation decided on the very important job of offsite country name signholders

Switzerland and Czechia have met three times this season before the Olympics, and CZE won all three games by a 1-goal margin (one went to a shootout), so this needing more than three periods tracks with the season series.

CZE-SUI really giving us some fine chaos hockey this morning