For the first time since the event debuted at the Winter Olympics in 2010, Canada did not place an athlete on the podium in ski cross at Milano Cortina 2026.
After no Canadian women reached the final Friday, all four Canadian men were eliminated in the quarterfinals or earlier on Saturday.
Canada’s Reece Howden, a three-time World Cup season champion and the leader in the standings this season, finished fourth in his four-man quarterfinal and was ousted. Only the top two in each quarterfinal advanced.
Kevin Drury was the other Canadian to advance to the quarters, but also finished fourth in his run.
Jared Schmidt and Gavin Rowell were eliminated earlier.
It is now all but guaranteed Canada will finish with its lowest number of medals since the country won 17 in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Canada has 17 at Milano Cortina 2026, and is guaranteed to get at least 19 with men’s curling and men’s hockey teams playing in their respective finals.
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