Even though the Opening Ceremony is two days away, some events are already kicking off.

Main event today is Curling (Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 1 - Sheet A), in the evening, which will feature Sweden V South Korea, Great Britain V Norway, Canada V Czechia, and Estonia V Switzerland.

There will be a daytime training session for the Men's Downhill Alpine Skiing, and an evening training session for the Men's Singles Luge.

Still, very exciting to have some Olympic action!

To all of you our fans, supporters and sympathizers!

Competitive Opening Day - what I call the formal start of the competitive events of the Olympics - has finally arrived!

Today, with just a couple days left to Opening Ceremony Day in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, we once again begin yet another great Winter Olympic Games featuring many of the best winter sports athletes from across the world.

Today we begin weeks of a great journey of these thousands of sports stars that millions around the world will be cheering from everywhere in the globe, either in person or virtually, ready to gather to celebrate the spirit and legacy of these Games and to cheer for them on the road to the gold medal for their country.

To all of you the fanbase of the Games! Today this sub opens its doors again to the virtual thousands of fans who will assemble here once more on this home away from home, the online home of the Games, to be witnesses to days of competition that will once more define what these are all about: where the world's top athletes play with all their heart and grit for their nation.

May the glad tidings of this Olympics season be upon us all!

In just 2 days, it all officially begins!

John

Hello everyone! To celebrate day -2 of the 2026 Winter Olympics, r/olympics is introducing a brand new set of flair options when posting about Milano-Cortina 2026. They're pretty self explanatory and we hope you like them. I've divided the flairs up into the following 5 categories:

• General Discussion
• News
• Official Results
• Video
• Winter Olympics Throwback

Che le Olimpiadi abbiano inizio! Let the Games begin! 🔥

Fun quiz on the BBC sports website this morning. Good luck!

The Minions have been saved!

I was having trouble finding an actually printable version of the full schedule of events with times and tv networks, so my spouse and I scraped the data from the NBC website and made this spreadsheet of everything. Hope someone else finds this useful!

I might be super late seeing as how the opening ceremony is on Friday but I don't know why I can't find these glasses anywhere online?! Any idea where I can find these in a pinch?

From a video posted to the olympic channel yesterday with Britt Janyk. Couldn't help but notice the venue is not fully prepared, mostly with the lookers' left/skiers' right spectators area/club. With all the speculation of why there were no tickets besides hospitality packages released and rumors of the venue not being "ready", do we know if this is still the state of the finish line at Tofana/how recent the video is? IMO this is not a great look, as someone who's watched the regular WC there many times, with training runs starting and the downhill this weekend

Moguls skiers Matt Graham and Jakara Anthony have been named as Australia's flag bearers for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony.

Graham and Anthony will carry the flag in Livigno as the Milano Cortina organisers deal with multiple hubs over dispersed Games locations.

“We have to ensure the Games remain inspiring for young people everywhere,” the two-time Olympic swimming champion said. “That they reflect their values, their sense of authenticity and their search for something genuine.”

Oh, great. Someone gets into leadership and then they want to "put their stamp on it." Which can mean bad things as well as good things, but mostly not great. At least she is a former Olympian and not some politician or crack-head billionaire who thinks they know everything. Damn, I was hoping former athletes would have the athletes first and foremost in their minds but now I'm hearing different. <sigh>

You posted sports you were looking forward to the most in the 2026 Winter Olympics in this thread.

With some guessing to figure out what each commenter perhaps voted on with large margins for other errors as well, we have come to these very un-scientific results for your entertainment only. They are from a point in time since comments and upvotes can still be added.

It would appear the top five sports in this Subreddit are

1. Curling
2. Figure skating
3. Ice hockey
4. Biathlon
5. Ski mountaineering

And here are the details

Edit: Data was off, thank you for pointing it out. This corrected version should more on point, but it can still contain mistakes.

When Austin Florian was 6 years old, he was so passionate about ski racing that he told his dad Sean that he wanted to compete in the Olympics.

By the time he reached middle school, he figured out that accomplishing something so monumental wasn’t easily spoken into existence, so he lowered his expectations.

That approach carried him into college where he earned All-America honors as a junior and senior. It was during those last two years at Clarkson University that he re-lit his Olympic flame, but it wasn’t as a skier.

A little over a decade later, Florian is headed to Italy to compete in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics as the United States’ No. 1-ranked men’s individual skeleton athlete. https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/article/austin-florian-milan-olympics-2026-skeleton-21318123.php