The Winter Games have begun in Italy. From the rink to the slopes, a brand new technology of stars has emerged to chase gold. We’ll preserve you linked to all the thrilling moments and prime tales as we observe the medal race every day of the Games.
It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Day 2 of the Olympics. Prepare yourselves, sports activities followers.
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The NFC champion Seattle Seahawks and AFC champion New England Patriots are set to play in Super Bowl LX, an surprising finale to the NFL season that is wealthy with storylines.
In the hours main up to the large recreation, although, there can be loads of intrigue as effectively. The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are selecting up velocity, and the medal count has already began.
Here are the highest 5 issues to watch Sunday (on the Italian aspect):
1. Lindsey Vonn’s gutsy comeback in ladies’s downhill
A mere 9 days after tearing the ACL in her left knee throughout a World Cup downhill race in Switzerland, 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn will go for gold. On Saturday, Vonn completed her second straight day of training, ending her downhill run in 1:38.28, greater than 2 seconds sooner than she skied on Friday. Her comeback this month is among the most gutsy in sports history. It’s part of an even bigger one. Before her return, the three-time Olympic medalist spent practically six years away from ski racing after retiring in 2019.
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2. Will U.S. take gold in determine skating group occasion after Ilia Malinin’s beautiful but imperfect Olympic debut?
Ilia Malinin is without doubt one of the greatest stars, no matter nation, in this 12 months’s Olympics. But the 21-year-old U.S. determine skater didn’t have his best stuff in the men’s short program portion of the team event. While nonetheless spectacular, the “Quad God” wasn’t as technically sound as traditional, ending second behind Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama. Suddenly, Team USA’s gold medal protection in the competitors it received 4 years in the past in Beijing is not a lock. Granted, the U.S. has the lead in the group occasion with 44 factors, however Japan is not far behind with 39. Three occasions are left, and so they’ll happen Sunday: the free skates of the pairs, ladies and men. With a gold removed from assured in the occasion, the U.S. is rolling with Malinin for the boys’s free skate. Even although his particular person occasion is in two days, he is going again on the market to assist Team USA.
3. Will U.S. bounce again in blended doubles curling?
Team USA’s Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin stormed out to a 4-0 begin in round-robin blended doubles curling competitors earlier than dropping matches to Great Britain and South Korea on Saturday. The second of these defeats arrived in an additional finish and in upset style, as South Korea’s Kim Seonyeong and Jeong Yeongseok had misplaced their earlier 5 matches. Thiesse and Dropkin will hope to regain their midweek kind Sunday after they face off in opposition to Estonia (2-4) and Sweden (4-3). Great Britain’s Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat are the only team to qualify for the playoffs so far.
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4. Ester Ledecká goes for historical past
In non-Team USA information, Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecká has an opportunity to make historical past in the parallel large slalom. A win on Saturday would make Ledecká the primary snowboarder in Olympic historical past to three-peat an occasion. Shaun White is the one snowboarder with three Olympic golds to his title, all in halfpipe, however he missed out in 2014 to miss a three-peat. Ledecká already has one unprecedented feat to her title with a ski and snowboard gold in 2018 — which she will be able to’t do that 12 months due to distance between venues — and may add to an all-time legacy with a couple of extra races.
5. More medals
In addition to the above occasions, medals are set to be handed out in biathlon, cross-country snowboarding, luge and speed-skating. The greatest odds for a Team USA in that group could be speed-skating the place Casey Dawson faces a deep area. The 25-year-old at the moment ranks fourth in the world in lengthy distances.
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Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 (Day 2)
Alpine Skiing
Downhill
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5:30 a.m.: Women’s remaining (USA Network)🏅
Biathlon
4 × 6 kilometer relay
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8:05 a.m.: Mixed remaining (NBC protection begins at 8:45 a.m.)🏅
Cross-Country Skiing
20 kilometer skiathlon
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6:30 a.m.: Men’s remaining (NBC protection begins at 7 a.m.)🏅
Curling
Mixed doubles round-robin
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4:05 a.m.: Norway vs. Czechia, South Korea vs. Estonia (USA Network protection begins at 4:55 a.m.)
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8:35 a.m.: Canada vs. Sweden, Great Britain vs. Switzerland, USA vs. Estonia (USA Network), Italy vs. Czechia
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1:05 p.m.: Italy vs. Great Britain, USA vs. Sweden, Switzerland vs. Norway, Canada vs. South Korea
Figure Skating
Team competitors
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1:30 p.m. Pairs free skate (USA Network)🏅
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2:45 p.m.: Women’s free skate (USA Network)🏅
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3:55 p.m.: Men’s free skate (USA Network)🏅
Hockey
Women’s pool play
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10:40 a.m.: France vs. Sweden
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3:10 p.m.: Czechia vs. Finland
Luge
Men’s singles
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11 a.m.: Run 3 (USA Network)🏅
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12:45 p.m.: Run 4 (USA Network)🏅
Snowboarding
Parallel large slalom
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3 a.m.: Men’s and girls’s qualifying (USA Network)
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7 a.m.: Men’s and girls’s finals (NBC protection begins at 7:30 a.m.) 🏅
Big air
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1:30 p.m.: Women’s qualifying (airs on USA Network at 6:30 p.m.)
Speed Skating
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10 a.m.: Men’s 5000m (NBC)🏅