10 Canadians to watch out for at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games

Team Canada finished strong at Beijing 2022 with four golds among a haul of 26.

Following the conclusion of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, thoughts are already turning to Milano Cortina in four years’ time and the next crop of emerging talent.

Here’s our take on the Canadian youngsters who look set to light up the next Games…

Leading the way for Team Canada in Italy will likely be figure skating star Madeline Schizas, who turned 19 while competing at Beijing 2022.

After taking a superb national title in January, the Oakville-native very nearly made it on to the Olympic podium, following a pair of personal-best performances.

“I'm going to take what I've learned here [at the Olympics] for the rest of my season and the rest of my career," Schizas claimed.

One of Canada’s big success stories at Beijing was the women’s ice hockey team, who improved on their second-place finish from PyeongChang 2018 to earn gold this time around.

They did so with a very youthful team, spearheaded by 21-year-old Sarah Fillier. She managed to score eight goals in seven games en route to Olympic gold.

"I'm very happy with my tournament, my line's tournament, my whole team's tournament,” she said after the gold medal match.

“Everybody came up ready to play…that's what set us apart.”

While the big story in the world of short track speed skating was the imminent retirement of Canadian legend Charles Hamelin (who took gold in the Olympic 1500m), his young understudy quietly enjoyed a superb debut Games. 

Steven Dubois won bronze in the men’s 500m race, silver in the 1500m and gold in the men’s 5000m relay alongside veteran Hamelin. 

By the time of the next Olympic Winter Games, the 24-year-old is very much expected to be Canada’s main man.

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