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Czech speedskater Metodej Jilek has won the Olympic 10,000-meter gold at age 19. Friday's victory adds to his silver in the 5,000 earlier at the Milan Cortina Games.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The fans from the Czech Republic clanged cowbells and waved their red-white-and-blue tricolor for a sun-splashed Olympic victory they simply knew was coming. Then, they all looked down and checked their programs.

After 12 years, the NHL has officially returned to the Winter Olympics. Team Canada plays its first game of the Olympics today, Feb. 10, against a Czech Republic team with 11 NHL players in addition to players from the Czech,

Canada has begun the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in dominant form, routing Czechia 5-0 in its opening game. Macklin Celebrini, Mark Stone, Bo Horvat, Nathan MacKinnon and Nick Suzuki scored for Canada.

The rhythm dance competition saw French skating pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron finish in first, ahead of the United States team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates and Canadian team Piper Gilles and Paul Poirer, which ranked in second and third, respectively.