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As the Milan Cortina Olympics enter their second weekend, few athletes will have the luxury of a day off. With such a packed lineup, dedicated viewers are in a similar boat (or bobsleigh, if you will).
Saturday is a big one for skiing fans of most every variety, with medals up for grabs in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, moguls and biathlon. The Canadian women’s hockey team will enter the quarterfinals against a rolling German side, and Finland and Switzerland are entering their game battered after multiple losses. Meanwhile, the men’s hockey teams continue to navigate the preliminaries after a later start to their tournament. Then there’s speedskating, which has already provided some of the biggest shocks of the Milan Cortina Games and will slide into more team competition.
Team USA isn’t a huge favorite in many of the day’s events, but anything can happen at the Olympics. The exception would be women’s dual moguls, in which the Americans claimed gold and silver in individual competition. Can they come together again for another podium?
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Top events to watch
Alpine skiing: Men’s giant slalom
Times: First run 4 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. in Italy; second run 7:30 a.m. ET; 1:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt, the world No. 1, won gold in this event in Beijing. Coming into the Games with huge expectations, he has won an individual bronze in the men’s super-G and a silver in the men’s team combined with Loïc Meillard. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Raphael Haaser of Austria finished fifth in super-G and was part of the fourth-place squad in team combined.
Ice hockey: Canada vs. Germany in women’s quarterfinals
Times: 10:40 a.m. ET, 4:40 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Defending gold medalist Canada crushed Finland 5-0 on Thursday, rebounding after falling to the U.S. Emily Clark led the way with two goals alongside scores from Jennifer Gardiner, Daryl Watts and Kristin O’Neill. Germany has gone undefeated since its first Olympic matchup, a loss to Sweden.
Ice hockey: Finland vs. Switzerland in women’s quarterfinals
Times: 3:10 p.m. ET, 9:10 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Finland is coming off a loss to Canada (in a game rescheduled on account of a norovirus outbreak) but will face a Swiss team it has already beaten. Switzerland’s last game was a 5-0 loss to the U.S, and it has not won since its opening game against the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia.
Ice hockey: U.S. vs. Denmark in men’s prelims
Time: 3:10 p.m. ET; 9:10 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: This matchup comes at a strange moment for the two countries, playing in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s geopolitical interests in Greenland’s future. Regardless of the circumstances, the Americans are expected to brush past a Danish team that opened its Olympics with a 3-1 loss to Germany. Denmark is the lowest-ranked team in the tournament aside from host nation Italy, which was guaranteed a spot. The U.S., meanwhile, demolished Latvia in a 5-1 Olympic debut.
Freestyle skiing: Women’s dual moguls
Time: 4:30 a.m. ET; 10:30 a.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Americans Elizabeth Lemley (in her first Olympics) and Jaelin Kauf won gold and silver in individual moguls and are favorites in this event. Kauf also won gold in dual moguls at the 2025 World Championships and took silver in Beijing. Also carrying high expectations are Perrine Laffont of France, who took individual bronze, and Australia’s Jakara Anthony, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in individual moguls, who skidded off during her individual final after a clinical qualifying run.
Cross-country skiing: Women’s 4×7.5km relay
Time: 6 a.m. ET; 12 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Sweden is the team to beat here. It’s the reigning world champion in the relay and is led by Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson, who just went 1-2 in two individual cross-country events. Overall, the Swedes have dominated cross-country at these Olympics, sweeping the sprint classic podium. Norway and Finland are expected to be their closest competition in this relay.
Biathlon: Women’s 7.5km sprint
Times: 8:45 a.m. ET; 2:45 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Julia Simon became France’s first woman to win the individual 15km earlier this week, and teammate Lou Jeanmonnot took silver right behind her. Simon, Jeanmonnot and fellow Frenchwoman Justine Braisaz-Bouchet are top contenders here. France also took gold in the mixed relay with a team featuring Simon and Jeanmonnot. Decorated Swedish sisters Hanna and Elvira Öberg are also in the hunt.
Other events
Speedskating: Women’s team pursuit
Times: 10 a.m. ET; 4 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Canada’s women are top contenders here. Its lineup includes Valerie Maltais, who won bronze in the 3,000m to become the only Canadian skater to medal in short track and long track speedskating. The Netherlands is perennially a favorite in all things speedskating, and this is no exception. Merel Conijn won silver in the 5,000m, and several of her teammates have also finished in the top 10 across the individual events.
Ski jumping: Men’s large hill individual
Times: 12:45 p.m. ET; 6:45 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Norway’s Marius Lindvik is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the large hill event and won silver in mixed team ski jumping this week. Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi won silver in Beijing, and his team took bronze in the mixed team event this week. Another Japanese competitor, Ren Nikaido, was on that team and won the individual bronze in normal hill. Philipp Raimund of Germany and Kacper Tomasiak of Poland took normal hill gold and silver. Slovenia’s Domen Prevc is the current world champion in the large hill.
Skeleton: Women’s heats 3 and 4
Time: 12 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: This is medal day for women’s skeleton, and Austrian Janine Flock is leading the way after the first two heats. She finished in 57.22 during her first run, just .02 seconds ahead of Germany’s Susanne Kreher, a former world champion. Flock held on to first place in the second heat, leading a top-four consisting of her, Kreher and two other Germans. Among them was Hannah Neise, the defending gold medalist.
Short track speedskating: Men’s 1,500m; women’s 3,000m relay semifinals
Times: 2:15 p.m. ET; 8:15 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: As a multi-time world champion, Team USA’s Jordan Stolz is a big favorite in this event. He won gold in the men’s 1,000m over Dutch skater Jenning de Boo, who is also a top contender in this distance. China’s Ning Zhongyan rounded out the podium alongside them. For the women, as in team pursuit, Canada and the Netherlands are favored, but Italy and the U.S. could also pull off podium appearances.
Curling: Men’s and women’s round robin
Times: 1:05 a.m. (women), 6:05 a.m. (men) and 11:05 a.m. (women) ET; 7:05 a.m. (women), 12:05 p.m. (men) and 5:05 p.m. (women) in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Team USA’s female curlers made history Friday with the nation’s first-ever win over Canada in the event. If you haven’t seen the picture-perfect winning shot, NBC’s Jason Knapp did a great job narrating the moment. The Americans are 2-1 going into Saturday and will face a Japanese women’s team still looking for its first win. The U.S. men lost twice Friday, dropping games to Switzerland and Canada after debuting with a win over the Czech team. They’ll face Germany with a 2-1 record thus far.