Listed below are some notable quotes from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 8, 2026:
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“I don’t declare to know what she’s going by way of, however I do know what it’s to be right here, to be combating for the Olympics, and to have this course burn you and to look at these goals die. I can’t think about the ache that she’s going by way of and it’s not the bodily ache — we are able to cope with bodily ache — however the emotional ache is one thing else.”
— American girls’s downhill gold medallist Breezy Johnson, on her teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash in the identical occasion
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“It’s an honour to be named captain of Canada’s males’s hockey crew, which has so many nice gamers and leaders. Connor and Cale, together with our total group, present unbelievable management, and I’m completely happy to signify Canada collectively on the identical crew. We’re all proud to put on the Maple Leaf and compete with Workforce Canada in Milan.”
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— Sidney Crosby, on being named captain of the Canadian males’s Olympic hockey crew, with Cale Makar and Connor McDavid serving as alternates.
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“Excited to be right here and be with the blokes and get on the market and see the rink and get our first skate below us. It’s thrilling. Surreal.
“It’s been a very long time coming, in order I stated, (I’m) excited to be right here representing my nation and be part of a fantastic group of men.”
— Connor McDavid on the way it feels to play on the Canadian males’s hockey crew at his first Olympic Video games.
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“All of us skated in addition to we may … It speaks to the potential as a crew, and we’re a really younger crew, so all of us have a variety of potential going ahead.”
— Canadian determine skater Madeline Schizas after the ladies’s single free skating crew occasion.
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“To really feel that Olympic spirit within the constructing was very motivating for us. That may go both method for an athlete, and I’m glad that we took that as motivation. That actually helped gasoline our efficiency at this time.”
— Canadian determine skater Lia Pereira after skating with companion Trennt Michaud within the pairs free skating crew occasion.
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“Shedding by this little, it hurts for certain. I assume I’m nonetheless proud of my driving at this time. It’s coming.”
— Canadian Arnaud Gaudet, who missed out on the parallel large slalom semifinal by three-hundredths of a second to Bulgarian Tervel Zamfirov.
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“It’s been a journey. I grew up in Saskatchewan, it’s flat land, after which to be in Italy with the 5 rings on my bib. They’ve watched me each single step of the best way. It’s nearly as emotional and thrilling for them to have the ability to come and know that every one the work they put into me is paying off.’”
— Canadian moguls skier Maia Schwinghammer, on acting at her first Winter Olympics along with her mother and father there to cheer her on.
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“I turned on the TV at this time and it’s laborious to not stay and die with the Canadian curling crew. They obtained some dangerous luck at this time. I feel they’ll be OK.”
— Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, in Toronto to face the Raptors, after Canada’s 7-6 loss to Sweden in blended doubles curling.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Feb. 8, 2026.
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