US EditionRunnalls Leads Canada's Biathlon Team Into 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
Adam Runnalls is the only returning Olympian on Canada’s mostly rookie biathlon team of eight athletes competing at Anterselva in the 2026 Winter Games.
- On Jan 22, 2026, Biathlon Canada named an eight-athlete team for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with athletes competing Feb. 8-21 at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena .
- Canada earned its quota places by securing eight spots via the Nations Cup ranking at the end of the 2024-25 season, counting results from the IBU World Cup, IBU Cup, and IBU World Championships.
- The roster features Zachary Connelly, Logan Pletz, Pascale Paradis, Jasper Fleming, Nadia Moser, Benita Peiffer, Shilo Rousseau and Adam Runnalls, the lone Olympian who competed in Beijing 2022 while Moser missed those Games due to a broken ankle.
- The team will be coached by Andrew Chisholm, Team Leader and Coach, Helene Jorgensen, and supported by five wax technicians, while Jennifer Heil congratulated the athletes and called Anterselva a special Olympic experience.
- Historically, Canada’s Olympic biathlon medals were won by Myriam Bédard, and seven first-time Olympians will compete in Milan Cortina 2026.
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The upcoming Winter Olympics will be officially hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Although these two cities are the nominal hosts of the games, there will be even more different venues, with the organizers also spreading the games to neighboring famous ski resorts, which will now also become Olympic.
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Runnalls leads Canada's biathlon team into 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
CANMORE — Seven of eight athletes on Canada's biathlon team will make their Olympic debuts at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The athletes announced Thursday by Biathlon Canada will race Feb. 8-21 at the Ansterselva Biathlon Arena, which is 65 kilometres north of Cortina near the Austrian border. Calgary's Adam Runnalls is the lone biathlete on the team with previous Olympic experience having represented Canada in Beijing in 2022. Ottawa's Zacha…
Eight Canadians, including Veteran Adam Runnals, will participate in the biathlon events at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games, announced the Canadian Olympic Committee on Thursday.
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