Meanwhile, USA scratches LaCombe as the Olympic hockey tournament intensifies with preliminary round play winding down.

MILAN (AP) — Finland showed plenty of fight in reviving its Olympic campaign. Joel Armia scored a short-handed goal and the Finns outmuscled archrival Sweden in a 4-1 group-stage victory Friday — 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold medal game at the Turin Games.

Finnish skier and Olympic debutant Elias Lajunen was knocked unconscious and got stretchered off the snow following a crash.

Finland unveiled its roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Jan. 2, naming a group that will try to bring the country its second straight gold medal.

MILAN (AP) — Finland defender Jenni Hiirikoski’s fifth and potentially final Olympic Games are over due to an upper-body injury that will require surgery, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced on Saturday.

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Igor Medved, Finland’s ski jumping coach for the 2026 Winter Olympics, was sent home Thursday due to an alleged alcohol-related issue.

The Finland women's hockey team had its opening game of the Winter Olympics against Canada on Thursday postponed due to a stomach virus depleting the roster. The game was rescheduled for Feb. 12. https://t.co/rp2a3dnYH3 The virus began affecting the Finland squad on Tuesday night.

Finnish skier and Olympic debutant Elias Lajunen was knocked unconscious after being involved in a terrifying crash during Sunday's freestyle big air qualifying at Milano Cortina 2026. The 18-year-old,

Italy picked up four medals in quick succession on Sunday to take its total to 22 and surpass its previous best Winter Olympic haul of 20, set at the Lillehammer Games in 1994.