20 February 2006 (Monday)
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day ten:
- Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom:
- Benjamin Raich of Austria comes from fifth place in the first run to win the men's giant slalom event after two runs. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing, women's super-g:
- Michaela Dorfmeister wins the women's super-g event and grabs her second gold medal of the Games and Austria's second gold of the day. (CBC)
- Women's ice hockey:
- The United States shuts out Finland 4–0 in the women's bronze medal game. Katie King scores a hat trick for the Americans. (CBC)
- Canada defeats Sweden 4–1 in the women's ice hockey gold medal game, winning its second straight Olympic gold medal in the event. (CBC) Canadian forward Hayley Wickenheiser, playing despite a bone fracture in her wrist, was named the Olympic women's hockey tournament's most valuable player. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom:
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