The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held between Milan and Cortina, two Italian cities, as well as in various locations in the north of the country. The opening ceremony will take place on February 6 at the Giuseppe Meazza/San Siro stadium – where AC Milan and Inter Milan play – while the closing ceremony will take place on the 22nd in Verona, just over two weeks later, when all competitions will end.
Please note that certain disciplines will begin even before the opening ceremony in order to adapt to a dense schedule and the large number of events planned for these Games.
The first competitions will therefore begin on February 4 and 5, with the group stages of mixed doubles curling. On February 6, even before the Olympic flame is officially lit, the curling competitions, the women’s ice hockey tournament and the team figure skating will continue.
The highly anticipated biathlon and skating
The biathlon events will begin on Sunday February 8 with the 4x6km relay. Other events such as the men’s and women’s pursuits will take place a week later, on February 15. The last race will be held on Saturday February 21, and it will be the 12.5 km women’s mass start.
For ice hockey, the preliminary rounds will begin on February 5, with a match between Sweden and Germany at 12:10 p.m. The women’s and men’s finals will take place on February 19 and 22 respectively. As for alpine skiing, the first public training sessions will be held on February 4, while the men’s and women’s slaloms will take place on February 16 and 18.
Finally, one of the key disciplines of the Winter Olympics, namely figure skating, will see its various events held between February 6 and 19, while the pairs events will take place on February 15 and 16.
