The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Four years ago, Jordan Stolz was a 17-year-old upstart who finished 13th in the 500-meter and 14th in the 1,000-meter speedskating events in Beijing. Now he’s the best in the world at 21, with World Cup titles in the 500, 1,000, and 1,500. He’s the gold medal favorite in all three events, starting with the 1,000 on Wednesday.
Also in action is Chloe Kim, who’ll test out her injured shoulder in the women’s halfpipe qualification. She’s the two-time defending Olympic champion in the event.
Let’s take a look at everything to watch today.
Top events to watch
Alpine skiing: Marco Odermatt and the men’s super-G
Time: 5:30 a.m. ET, 11:30 a.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Odermatt missed a medal in the downhill, finishing fourth, though he did rebound to take silver with teammate Loic Meillard in the team combined. Now, the Swiss star and overall World Cup leader in downhill, super-G and giant slalom will hit the super-G, an event in which he is the runaway leader in the World Cup standings. A trio of Austrians — Vincent Kriechmayr, Raphael Haaser and Marco Schwarz — will lead the attempt to take gold away from Odermatt. Ryan Cochran-Siegle, the Olympic super-G silver medalist in Beijing in 2022, is the top U.S. hope.
Ice hockey: The men’s tournament begins
Time: Slovakia-Finland at 10:40 a.m. ET, 2:40 p.m. in Italy; Sweden-Italy at 3:10 p.m. ET, 9:10 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The men’s competition begins with a pair of preliminary-round games — Slovakia vs. Finland and Sweden vs. the host nation. Both Canada and the U.S. begin Thursday.
Speedskating: Jordan Stolz goes for gold in the 1,000
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: American star Jordan Stolz gets his first shot at gold in these Games in the men’s 1,000 meters. He’s a gold medal favorite across three distances, with the 500- and 1,500-meter races still to come.
Figure skating: Medals awarded in the ice dance
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Can the American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates get the one piece of hardware missing from their trophy case? They’ll chase their first Olympic ice dance gold in the event’s free dance.
Other events
Nordic combined: Individual normal hill (ski jump) and 10km (cross-country)
Times: Ski jumping at 4 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. in Italy; cross-country at 7:45 a.m. ET, 1:45 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: It’s the first event of the ski jumping/cross-country skiing combo, which uses the Gundersen scoring method to convert ski jumping’s traditional points system to time penalties for the cross-country race. Medals are awarded after the 10-kilometer ski.
Snowboarding: Women’s halfpipe qualification
Times: 4:30 a.m. ET, 10:30 a.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: American Chloe Kim makes her debut at these Games. One of the greatest snowboarders of all time, Kim is the two-time defending Olympic champion and three-time world champion in the event, not to mention the owner of eight X Games superpipe golds. She’ll also be competing while wearing a brace to protect her shoulder, which she dislocated during a training run in late January, tearing her labrum.
Chloe Kim will wear a brace to protect an injured shoulder as she seeks a third straight gold medal in halfpipe. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)
Freestyle skiing: Women’s moguls
Times: Qualification No. 2 at 5 a.m. ET, 11 a.m. in Italy; final at 8:15 a.m. ET, 2:15 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Australia’s Jakara Anthony, the reigning Olympic champion, posted the best qualification score Tuesday and figures to be the favorite. Americans Elizabeth Lemley and Olivia Giaccio are also in the mix.
Biathlon: Women’s 15km individual
Times: 8:15 a.m. ET, 2:15 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: American Deedra Irwin just missed a medal in this event in Beijing.
Luge: Women’s and men’s doubles, runs 1 & 2
Times: 11 a.m. ET, 5 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Women’s doubles makes its Olympic debut. The German team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt is the three-time defending Olympic champion and a favorite once again on the men’s side. A two-run event, medals will be awarded today.
Curling: Men’s round robin
Times: 1:05 p.m. ET, 7:05 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The men’s tournament begins with a set of four matches: the U.S. vs. the Czech Republic, Canada vs. Germany, Sweden vs. Italy and Great Britain vs. China. It’s the Olympic debut for the American team skipped by Danny Casper, which unseated John Shuster’s squad at U.S. trials.
Snowboarding: Men’s halfpipe qualification
Times: 1:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: U.S. Olympic staple Shaun White has retired, but the field is headlined by a host of current stars. Japan’s Ayumu Hirano is the defending Olympic champion. Australia’s Scotty James, the silver medalist at the 2022 Games, won last year’s world title.