Ilia Malinin and unforgiving glare of Olympic spotlight
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. As the Milan Cortina Olympics enter their second weekend, few athletes will have the luxury of a day off. With such a packed lineup, dedicated viewers are in a similar boat (or bobsleigh, if you will).
Until Friday, the American women had never beaten Canada -- a perennial favorite that has medaled in every Winter Games since curling was added to the Olympics in 1998. The U.S. men beat the Canadians for the first time in the 2018 round-robin and again in the semifinals en route to their gold medal victory in Pyeongchang.