Canada has earned their first gold medal of the 2026 Olympic games, courtesy of Mikaël Kingsbury in the men’s dual moguls.
In Milan on Sunday, Kingsbury beat one of his longtime rivals, Ikuma Horishima of Japan, in the final battle for the gold medal, according to the Team Canada Olympic website.
Kingsbury, hailing from Quebec, also has a silver medal in men’s moguls from Milan.
He has been a major force in the event for years, winning silver in Beijing in 2022, Gold in PyeongChang in 2018, and silver at the 2014 Sochi games.
Our new total is nine medals, with the one gold, three silver, and five bronze.
There are lots of medal chances Sunday with ski jumping, speed skating, skeleton, biathlon, snowboarding, and alpine skiing.
