LIVIGNO – Canada’s Eliot Grondin has won a silver medal in the men’s snowboard cross at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The 24-year-old from Ste-Marie, Que. finished just behind Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle to claim his third Olympic medal.
Grondin looked strong in qualifying, winning his 1/8, quarterfinal and semifinal matchups.
He crossed the line just a fraction of a second behind the Austrian in the big final in a tightly-packed race.
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Grondin won a silver medal in the event in Beijing 2022, as well as a bronze in the mixed team event with Meryeta O’Dine.
Grondin’s medal is Canada’s sixth of the Milan Cortina Games.
— This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2026.
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