Trump says there should be no more ice hockey in Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump’s relationship with Canada is contagious to say the least, and now he’s once again taking to social media to have his say.
This time, it’s Canada’s trade deal with China — signed in January, along with unconfirmed reports that more deals with China could be in the works — that has drawn his ire. The January agreement means Canada will cut tariffs on Chinese electric cars, while China will cut tariffs on Canadian canola oil and other agricultural products. This is part of Canada’s efforts to actively reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States.
On Tuesday night Swedish time, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Now Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China that will eat Canada alive.”
And Trump knows what matters more to Canadians than anything else – hockey. Canada considers itself the home of ice hockey, and it’s no surprise that Trump brought up the sport in his speech.
“The first thing China will do is stop all ice hockey in Canada and permanently scrap the Stanley Cup,” Trump wrote.
However, he does not address exactly why China would do this.
When Canada and the U.S. hockey men met at the NHL Four Nations tournament in February, when the tariff dispute between the two countries was at its height, the conflict was felt on the ice.
The game started with a regular fight between the players of both teams.
Tonight Canada and the USA meet in Olympic ice hockey in Milan. Maybe it’s lucky that this time there are women playing who aren’t usually so quick with their fists.
Royal support during sprint qualifying
All eight Swedish cross-country skiers progressed in the sprint qualifying in the morning. The women were the most impressive, with Linn Svahn being the fastest. Jonna Sundling was a second behind her, followed by Johanna Hagström. The fourth Swede Maja Dahlqvist also impressed in seventh place.
Two strong medal contenders took the places after the Swedish qualification triple: Jasmi Joensuu from Finland and Nadine Fähndrich from Switzerland. The biggest Norwegian threat to blue-yellow success is Kristine Stavås Skistad, but she was just over nine seconds slower than Svahn in 16th place.
Carl XVI sat with a hat to protect him from the scorching sun. Gustaf in the stands and watched the sprint qualifying in the ski stadium in Tesero. While the King was able to calmly watch the women’s qualifying matches, things got more exciting when it was time for the men.
Alvar Myhlback was the fastest of the Swedes, just over seven seconds behind favorite Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Edvin Anger and Anton Grahn were a few seconds slower in 19th and 25th place. But Johan Häggström had to wait nervously for the riders who finished after him – in the end he could say that he had just made it and made it into the quarter-finals as 30th and last man.
The king appeared very satisfied in the stands.
The cat helps the Olympic debutant stay calm
Alessandro Barbieri, the American snowboarder, will begin his Olympic Games on Wednesday when qualifying begins in the halfpipe. At a press conference, the 17-year-old said that the nervousness could come before the start, especially since it was the skater’s first Olympic Games. But then he has a special routine that he usually uses to calm his nerves.
– Every time I compete, I ask my mother to send home a photo of my cat. “When I see my cat, I feel calm,” Barbieri said at a press conference.
He also says he usually looks at pictures of himself when he was younger.
– Sometimes I even look back at old pictures of myself and think: “You are not doing it for Ale (Alessandro), but for Ale, who was seven years old and had a dream.”
– So when I have a stressful moment before a competition, I look at old photos and remember them.
Russia changed – but KHL players still have a chance at the Olympics
Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian teams are still not welcome at the Olympic Games in Italy. This has meant that many of the world’s best players will not get the chance to participate in Olympic hockey when NHL players return for the first time in 12 years.
Nevertheless, Russia will be represented in some form on one of the national teams if Slovakia has three players from the KHL, Russia’s top league, in its squad. It is the only country that has decided to bring players from the Russian League to the Olympics.
Defender Martin Gernát and strikers Adam Ruzicka and Adam Liska all play in the controversial league.
At the start of the war in 2022, Slovakia, like many other nations, banned players from the KHL. But in the summer of 2024, the association decided to allow players from the league in qualifying for the Olympic Games and during the tournament.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Slovakia starts their Olympic tournament with a game at 4:40 p.m. against Finland.
Innovative drone technology is changing TV images of the Olympic Games
The Olympics have been underway for almost a week now and many have reacted to the sports being filmed, particularly the fast outdoor sports of alpine and cross-country skiing. The federation has decided to use drones for filming on a much larger scale than at previous Olympics.
Christophe Dubi, CEO of the Olympic Games, is pleased about the use of drones, which will allow spectators to follow the sport even more closely.
– The images you see are innovative and we ensure that they do not affect performance. It is part of a technological development. “Some are not used to seeing the shadows on the pitch or hearing the noise, but we can deal with the integration and the results could be seen at the weekend,” he said at a press conference.
