Carolina Hiller-Donnelly’s first race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy didn’t result in a medal.
The PG Blizzard alum finished 26th out of 30 competitors in the 1000m women’s speed skating event this morning (Monday).
Hiller-Donnelly finished with a time of 1:17.156 roughly five seconds behind the leader.
Beatrice Lamarche was the top Canadian who placed fifth.
It was a historic day for the Netherlands who placed first and second leaving their competition in the dust.
Jutta Leerdam claimed the gold medal with an Olympic record time of 1:12.31 finishing a quarter of a second ahead of her fellow countrymen Femke Kok who took silver with a time of 1:12.59.
Japan’s Miho Takagi earned the bronze medal.
Hiller-Donnelly’s next race is February 15th in the 500m event set for 8am Pacific Time.
Other PG-area athletes scheduled to compete is ski cross racer Gavin Rowell as well as Evan Bichon in snowboard cross.
Bichon is hitting the slopes bright and early on Thursday (February 12th) at 4:45am Pacific alongside teammates Eliot Grondin and Liam Moffatt.
He grew up in Mackenzie but attended high school in Prince George.
Rowell will have to wait the longest out of all the local athletes at the Olympics, the Canadian men’s ski cross team doesn’t compete until February 21st, which begin at 1am Pacific Time.
Meryeta O’Dine and Tess Cricthlow were scheduled to compete in snowboarding events put pulled out due to injury.
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