What’s on today at the 2026 Winter Olympics? Big day for Canada (12 February)
General overview
When are the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics taking place? The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics is taking take place between 6th February, 2026 and 22nd February 2026, although some preliminary events in sports such as Curling and Ice Hockey have already got underway.
Where are the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics taking place? The Opening Ceremony for the games will be held at San Siro in Milan with the Closing Ceremony being held at the Verona Arena in Verona. There are events taking place across Lombardy and the north west of Italy with Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Alps hosting a lot of skiing events.
How to watch the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: In the UK, the BBC and TNT Sports are the main broadcasters. In USA, NBCUniversal and Versant are the main broadcasters for the games.
What’s on today (12 February) at the Winter Olympics?
With a few medal events in which they are the favourites for the gold medal and Ice Hockey also beginning; it could well prove to be a big day for Canada on Thursday at the Winter Olympics.
Medal events
Alpine Skiing: Women’s super-G | 10.30am (UK)
Following a Swiss-USA-Swiss gold-silver-bronze podium in the men’s super-G, the women’s takes place with Breezy Johnson looking to bounce back after missing out on a medal in the team event with Mikaela Shiffrin.
Prediction: Sofia Goggia (ITA) to win
Cross-Country Skiing: Women’s 10km interval start | 12pm (UK)
Noon tomorrow sees the latest medal event in the Cross-Country Skiing as the women’s 10km interval start takes place with a 112-athlete field.
Prediction: Frida Karlsson (SWE) to win
Figure Skating: Ice dance | 6.30pm (UK)
The ice dance has been one of the most thrilling events through qualifying for the final at the start of these games and the final has plenty of stars involved with the US entering three pairs and Great Britain entering a couple of teams.
Prediction: Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA) to win
Freestyle Skiing: Men’s moguls | 1.55pm (UK)
The second run in qualification for the men’s moguls in the Freestyle Skiing takes place in the morning ahead of the two runs in the final mid-way through the afternoon.
Prediction: Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) to win
Luge: Team relay | 5.30pm (UK)
The latest Luge medal event takes place in the early evening on Thursday with Germany, who have dominated the sport thus far at these games, seeking yet another gold.
Prediction: GER to win
Snowboarding: Men’s cross | 2.01pm
The men’s snowboard cross final takes place mid-way through the afternoon with the qualification, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals all happening in the morning.
Prediction: Eliot Grondin (CAN) to win
Speed Skating: Women’s 5000m | 5.30pm (UK)
It is to be yet another exciting women’s Speed Skating contest on Thursday afternoon as the women’s 5000m takes place with the Netherlands seeking yet another gold medal.
Prediction: Merel Conjin (NED) to win
Other events
Curling: Men’s | 8.05am - 6.05pm (UK)
After Team GB somehow managed to miss out on a medal in the mixed doubles with Sweden taking gold ahead of Team USA and Italy, Great Britain are back in action against China as the men’s tournament continues.
Ice Hockey: Men’s preliminaries | 3.40pm – 8.10pm (UK)
The men’s Ice Hockey, much anticipated, continues on Thursday with favourites Canada, including star men Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, taking on Finland.
Short Track: Women’s 500m and men’s 1000m qualifiers | 7.15pm – 8.43pm
Short Track skating in the Winter Olympics continues on Thursday with the whole tournaments, ahead of the finals, in the women’s 500m and the men’s 1000m events.
Skeleton: Men’s | 8.30am – 10.08pm (UK)
The first two, of four, runs in the men’s skeleton, one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the games, take place on Thursday before the final runs on Friday.
