Winter Olympics 2026: Today’s events and timings plus schedule in full

Dates and times of all 116 events across 19 days in Milano Cortina SportWinter OlympicsWinter Olympics 2026: Today’s events and timings plus schedule in fullDates and times of all 116 events across 19 days in Milano CortinaLuke Baker Wednesday 18 February 2026 08:39 GMTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popoverWe are witnessing greatness...Your support helps us to tell the storyRead moreSupport NowFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference.Read moreThe 2026 Winter Olympics have arrived as Milano Cortina hosts the quadrennial festival of snow and ice-based sports.The last Winter Olympics in Beijing saw Norway top the medal table with 16 golds, ahead of Germany, USA and hosts China, while Team GB claimed just two medals – both in curling, right at the end of the Games, with Eve Muirhead skipping the women’s team to gold and Bruce Mouat skipping the men’s team to silver. Hopes are higher for more British medals this time around, not only in the curling rink but in a number of the snow events, with regular World Cup wins coming in disciplines such as snowboarding, snowboard cross and freestyle skiing from British competitorsMilano Cortina 2026 will gets underway on 4 February, with the opening ceremony two days later on 6 February, and will run until the closing ceremony on 22 February, with 116 medal events across the 19 days in Italy.The events are split up into four main geographical zones: Milano (hosting the ceremonies and sports such as ice hockey, speed skating and figure skating), Valtellina (hosting freestyle skiing and snowboard events), Cortina (home of the women's alpine skiing and ice sports such as curling , skeleton and luge) and Val di Fiemme (where the ski jumping and cross-country skiing will take place).Here is a closer look at the full day-by-day schedule for the Games, including every session for every sport:RecommendedGB’s Kirsty Muir bids for Big Air redemption after ‘a bit of heartbreak’ in Olympic slopestyle‘Super Sunday’ for Team GB as Weston and Stoecker win gold in skeletonGB’s Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale make history with stunning Olympic gold in mixed snowboard crossFull day-by-day Winter Olympic schedule (all times GMT)***********************************************************************************************************Day 12 (Wednesday 18 February 2026) – 8 gold medal eventsAlpine skiing9am–11am: Women's slalom run 112.30pm–2.20pm: Women's slalom run 2 🏅Biathlon1.45pm–3.20pm: Women's 4x6km relay 🏅Cross-country skiing8.45am–9.45am: Men's team sprint free qualification, Women's team sprint free qualification10.45am–12.15pm: Men's team sprint free finals 🏅 Women's team sprint free finals 🏅Curling8.05am–11.05am: Women's round robin 101.05pm–4.05pm: Men's round robin 116.05pm–9.05pm: Women's round robin 11Freestyle skiing10.30am–12.05pm: Women's aerials final 🏅Ice hockey11.10am–1.40pm: Men's quarter-finals1.10pm–3.40pm: Men's quarter-finals3.40pm–6.10pm: Men's quarter-finals8.10pm–10.40pm: Men's quarter-finalsShort track speed skating7.15pm–9.05pm: Men's 500m quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals 🏅 Women's 3000m relay 🏅Snowboarding11.30am–1.20pm: Men's snowboard slopestyle final 🏅***********************************************************************************************************Day 13 (Thursday 19 February 2026) – 7 gold medal eventsCurling8.05am–11.05am: Men's round robin 121.05pm–4.05pm: Women's round robin 126.05pm–9.05pm: Men's semi-finalsFigure skating6pm–10.15pm: Women's singles free skating 🏅Freestyle skiing9.30am–11.30am: Men's freeski halfpipe qualification10.30am–12.05pm: Men's aerials final 🏅6.30pm–8.30pm: Women's freeski halfpipe qualificationIce hockey1.40pm–4.10pm: Women's bronze medal final 🥉6.10pm–9.10pm: Women's gold medal final 🏅Nordic combined9am–9.50am: Men's team sprint large hill1pm–2pm: Men's team sprint 2x7.5km 🏅Ski mountaineering8.50am–10.10am: Men's sprint heats, Women's sprint heats11.55am–1.45pm: Men's sprint final 🏅 Women's sprint final 🏅Speed skating3.30pm–5.10pm: Men's 1500m 🏅***********************************************************************************************************Day 14 (Friday 20 February 2026) – 6