The second Sunday of the 2026 Winter Olympics is a busy one for followers of Team USA.
Mikaela Shiffrin skis within the big slalom — the race she received on the 2018 Olympics, and her second shot at a medal in Milan Cortina. It’s additionally the race the place she suffered a extreme damage with a puncture wound in 2024. Shiffrin has needed to deal with PTSD from the crash, and competing once more in Olympic big slalom is a part of her comeback. Shiffrin is in seventh after a stable first run, inside putting distance of the rostrum.
Speedskater Erin Jackson will try to defend her Olympic gold within the 500 meters. Pairs determine skating begins, with Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea the highest American pair. They had clutch performances to assist the U.S. win gold within the crew occasion and have an out of doors likelihood of a medal. And U.S. males’s hockey might be again in motion towards Germany.
Key occasions (all occasions ET)
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4:00 a.m. — Women’s big slalom
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11:03 a.m. — Women’s 500m speedskating
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1:45 p.m. — Pairs determine skating
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3:10 p.m. — Men’s hockey (USA vs. Germany)
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Here’s a dwell have a look at the highest moments from Sunday’s occasions.