Eva Adamczyková completes her Olympic set with silver in Cortina. After missing 2022, the Czech star returns to the podium to make winter sports history.

Friday will mark the first-ever meeting between the Czechs and Swedes at the Winter Games. The last time these two met in a major international competition came during the group stage of the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship, which saw Czechia win 3-0 on its way to the bronze medal.

Follow Bo Horvat and Team Canada and Ondrej Palat and the Czech Ice Hockey Association in the Olympic Winter Games, plus schedule and tune-in info

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The fans from the Czech Republic clanged cowbells and waved their red-white-and-blue tricolor for a sun-splashed Olympic victory they simply knew was coming. Then, they all looked down and checked their programs.

Canada has begun the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in dominant form, routing Czechia 5-0 in its opening game. Macklin Celebrini, Mark Stone, Bo Horvat, Nathan MacKinnon and Nick Suzuki scored for Canada.

The rhythm dance competition saw French skating pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron finish in first, ahead of the United States team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates and Canadian team Piper Gilles and Paul Poirer, which ranked in second and third, respectively.

The United States women's hockey team kicked off group play at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a win over Czechia on Thursday.

The U.S. women’s hockey team opened play at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a 5-1 win over Czech Republic.

Tournament favourites Canada marked their territory with a 5-0 win over Czech Republic to open their men's Olympic ice hockey campaign.