Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier claim 1st Olympic medal with ice dance bronze

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Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have won bronze in ice dance at the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday, securing the veteran duo its first Olympic medal.

Ex-Canadian competitor Fournier Beaudry, partner Cizeron win gold for France

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Piper Gilles and partner Paul Poirier of Team Canada win bronze in the Ice Dance – Free Dance at Milano Cortina 2026 on Wednesday. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have won bronze in ice dance at the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday.

This is the first time the three-time Olympians, who have been skating together since 2011, have won an Olympic medal.

France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won the gold medal while America’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates took silver.

More to come.

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Joy SpearChief-Morris is an Indigenous Black journalist and member of the Kainai Blood Tribe in Alberta. She reports primarily on Indigenous politics, healthcare and sports. Along with CBC, Joy has had bylines in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Walrus, The Toronto Star and Sportsnet. She is the recipient of the 2025 CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowship.

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