TORONTO — Olympic medallists Éliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine headline Canada’s snowboard cross team for the Milan Cortina Games.
Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 13 snowboard cross, half pipe and parallel giant slalom athletes heading to the Games in a joint release Thursday.
Grondin, the reigning men’s snowboard cross world champion and two-time World Cup Crystal Globe winner from Sainte-Marie, Que., won silver in the event at the 2022 Beijing Games, while O’Dine, from Prince George, B.C., won bronze in the women’s event. The two then teamed up to win bronze in the mixed team event.
Liam Moffat, Evan Bichon, Tess Critchlow and Audrey McManiman join Grondin and O’Dine in snowboard cross.
Elizabeth Hosking leads three women in snowboard halfpipe. She won a world championship silver medal in 2023 and won a World Cup gold medal in Calgary earlier this month.
Hosking is joined by Brooke D’Hondt and Felicity Geremia.
Kaylie Buck, Arnaud Gaudet, Ben Heldman and Aurélie Moisan represent Canada in parallel giant slalom.
Canada’s snowboard slopestyle and big air teams were announced last week.
The parallel giant slalom event will take place Feb. 8 (Day 2), while snowboard halfpipe will begin on Feb. 11 (Day 5) with qualification, and the women’s final on Feb. 12 (Day 6).
The individual snowboard cross events will happen on Feb. 12 and 13 (Days 6 and 7), with the mixed team event on Feb. 15 (Day 9).
Snowboard events will take place at the Livigno Snow Park.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 22, 2026.
The Canadian Press
