The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway after a dazzling Opening ceremony and with a full competition calendar ahead of us, Americans Viewers tune in You have to consider the time difference between the USA and Italy, where the Milano Cortina games take place.
The competition began on February 4th with some preliminary round games and events are scheduled to continue until the closing ceremony on February 22nd. The Paralympics will take place the following month, March 6-15.
Venues in Italy are six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and nine hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
A few days after the start of the Olympic Games, Norway is at the top number of medals, followed by the United States and Italy.
Here’s what you need to know about the schedule for these Winter Games.
What is today’s schedule for the 2026 Winter Olympics?
On Sunday, February 15th, the first heats in women’s monobob, further women’s and men’s round robin curling, the women’s giant slalom in alpine skiing and men’s ice hockey will take place. The USA will face Germany in the final game of Group C.
There will be medal events in the men’s 12.5km pursuit biathlon, the women’s 10km pursuit biathlon, the men’s 4×7.5km cross-country relay, the men’s double mogul freestyle skiing, the women’s individual large hill ski jumping, the skeleton mixed team competition and the women’s 500m speed skating.
What is tomorrow’s schedule for the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Monday February 16th will see that United States women’s ice hockey team face Sweden in the semi-finals of the playoffs.
And in women’s curling, the USA will face Italy.
Medal events include the women’s 1,000-meter short track speed skating final, men’s alpine ski slalom, women’s freeski big air final, figure skating pairs, men’s ski jumping superteam and women’s bobsleigh monobob.
When will the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2026 Olympics take place?
The opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina on Friday, February 6, featured traditional performances as well as performances by Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli Parade of Nations and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
Produced by Balich Wonder Studio, the ceremony took place primarily at the Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium, with other events around Milan and athlete parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo. See All highlights here.
The closing ceremony of this year’s Winter Olympics will take place on February 22nd in the Verona Arena.
What is the schedule for the 2026 Winter Olympics in figure skating?
The figure skating events began on February 6th and continued daily until February 11th. On February 12th there was a break and the Men’s singles final took place on February 13th. There will be another break on February 14th before more figure skating events take place on February 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th.
You can find out when the Olympic Games will take place on the website Team, pair and individual events are for figure skating.
What is the snowboarding schedule for the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Snowboarding events at the Winter Olympics began on February 5th and will continue from February 7th to 9th, February 11th to 13th and February 15th to 18th.
The Olympic Games details website in qualifying events and finals are intended for both men’s and women’s events.
An overview of the 2026 Olympic plan
While the opening ceremony of the Olympics took place on Friday, February 6th, events for the Winter Games actually began two days earlier, on February 4th. The closing ceremony and several medal competitions will take place on February 22nd.
While the full schedule is available online, Milano Cortina Games organizers note that it is subject to change.
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Will the Olympic TV program be broadcast live or delayed?
The Olympic Games will be broadcast on television both live and with a time delay. Viewers in the US can watch the film on NBC and Peacock. According to the NBC Olympics website, NBC will provide at least five hours of live coverage of the event, starting each morning and continuing through the afternoon. Viewers can check local NBC listings Here.
