Milan-Cortina 2026: TV & Streaming Guide, Commentators Revealed

Rome, 28 January 2026 – The highly anticipated ones are getting closer and closer Milan Cortina 2026 Olympicsscheduled from 6 (even if some non-medal races will start as early as February 4) al February 22, 2026: an event that, in addition to the main cities, will take place between Rho, Assago, Bormio, Livigno, Predazzo, Rasun-Anterselva e Teseroin the provinces of Milano, Sondrio, Bolzano e Trentobut which will also have extensive television coverage.

Where to watch the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics on TV and streaming

In the Winter Games that they will return to Italia a 20 years exact from the edition of Torino they will be assigned 116 titles (54 men, 50 women e 12 in mixed competitions) spread in 16 disciplinewith something new compared to Beijing 2022 well i 7 events plus: the introduction of ski mountaineering, protagonist with three events (two gender sprints and the mixed relay).

An aerial view of Cortina d’Ampezzo (Ansa)

Live broadcasts on Rai, full coverage on Eurosport

The event will be broadcast by Rai through channels Rai 2 (for approx 14 ore of races per day) e Rai Sport HD (which will offer live broadcasts but also reruns and deferred broadcasts), as well as streaming on the device Rai Playas has happened practically ever since Tokyo 2020 onwards. If this is the offer clear and free, there will be no shortage of that upon subscription, as in the case of Eurosport 1 ed Eurosport 2channels also available on the platforms DAZN, TimVision, Amazon Prime Video Channels e Discovery+or of the newborn canal HBO Max.

Rai will guarantee coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, respectively scheduled for Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Of Milano e all’Arena in Veronaas well as the main competitions in which Italian athletes will compete, even more so if with medal prospects, for a total of over 250 ore live broadcast: Eurosport’s paid offer will instead have total coverage of the event.

The arrival of Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ansa)

The arrival of Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d’Ampezzo (Ansa)

The Olympic news

Rai’s offer will not be limited to the broadcast of the races. During the day they will be 4 the editions of Olympic newshosted by journalists Alessandra D’Angiò e Marco Signorelli. There will also be two in-depth programmes, morning and evening: Olympic morningscheduled from Monday to Friday from 8.45 and Saturday and Sunday from 8.30hosted by Tommaso Mecarozzicon Pietro Piller Cottre as a regular guest and the interventions of Barbara Pedrottie Olympic Nightsfrom Tuesday to Friday, starting just after the end of the races until midnight, hosted by Sabrina Gandolfi and with Paolo De Chiesa, Xavier Jacobelli, Stefania Belmondo e Giuliano Razzoli as regular guests. During the evening there will be no shortage of connections from Home Italy con Marco Lollobrigida: the Cortina will be there Alessandro Antinelli and the correspondent will be in Livigno Alice Monni.

The commentators of the main races of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics

There is also a large group of voices that will talk about the main competitions of the Games. Starting from Rai, for men’s alpine skiing it will be the couple’s turn Davide Labate-Alberto Schieppati (with the first who, together with Gloriana Pellissier, will talk about the novelties of ski mountaineering), while the women’s one will be curated by Enrico Cattaneo and Nadia Fanchini. Cross-country skiing will see the stories of Marcus Tripiscianus, flanked by Marco Selle for the masculine and from Gabriella Paruzzi for the feminine. In the biathlon it will be Luca Di Bella and Giuseppe Piller Cottrer’s turn, while Dario Di Gennaro will take care of the luge, skeleton and bobsleigh.

Stefano Bizzotto will be the voice of hockey, supported by Martin Pavlu for men ed Evelyn Bazzanella for the feminine. Stefano Rizzato and Francesco De Zanna they will take care of the curling, while the couple Nicola Sangiorgio-Paolo Bernardi will recount the exploits of ski jumping and combined skiing. Speed ​​skating will feature the narrative voices of Maurizio Fanelli and Mirko Nenziwhile Arianna Secondini will take care of the figure one with the assistance of Fabrizio Pedrazzini for the men’s and Franca Bianconi for feminine.

The short track will be narrated by Davide Novelli is Katia Colturiwhile the couple Gianluca Gafforio-Gigi Carletti will take care of the snowboarding. The vast Rai offering closes with freestyle, the prerogative of Silvano Ploner and Ian Rocca.

Then there is theEurosport offer, which will be presented by Gianmario Bonzi in women’s alpine skiing and in men’s alpine skiing Zoran Filicic, with technical comments from Camilla Alfieri, Daniela Merighetti, Silvano Varettoni and Kristian Ghedina: cross-country skiing will be narrated by Silvano Gadin, he will take care of the biathlon Dario Puppo, while figure skating will be the prerogative of Massimiliano Ambesi and Carolina Kostner and ski jumping Francesco Paone.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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