Winter Olympics 2026 – When to Watch

2026 Winter Olympics

6 February 2026 – 22 February 2026

MILANO CORTINA, ITALY

We’re so excited about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy, with lots of incredible Team GB athletes to watch and support.

The 2026 Winter Olympics return to Europe this February, with Milano Cortina hosting the 25th edition of the multi-sport games. The opening ceremony takes place on Friday 6 February, kicking off all the winter sport action which will take place across several locations in the Italian alps, then the closing ceremony finalises the games on Sunday 22 February. Then we can look forward to the Paralympic Winter Games from 6 to 15 March 2026.

We’ve put together a handy ‘when to watch’ guide of our favourite freestyle + alpine skiing and snowboarding events, with GMT times so you can tune in easily…

Freestyle Snowboarding

We’re so excited to watch the park +pipe snowboarders and support the amazing Mia Brooks and (Morzine local!) Maisie Hill, and Txema Mazet Brown. It’s a very exciting time for the French snowboarders too…

  • 5 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Big Air Qualifications – 18:30 GMT
  • 7 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Big Air Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 8 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Big Air Qual’s – 18:30 GMT
  • 9 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Big Air Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 11 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qual’s – 09:30 GMT
  • 11 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qual’s – 18:30 GMT
  • 12 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 13 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 16 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Qual’s – 09:30 GMT
  • 16 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Qual’s – 13:00 GMT
  • 17 Feb – Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final – 12:00 GMT
  • 18 Feb – Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final – 11:30 GMT

Freestyle Skiing

Tune in to support Kirsty Muir in the women’s Big Air and Slopestyle, Zoe Atkin in Women’s half pipe and Chris McCormack in Men’s Big Air and Slopestyle…

  • 7 Feb – Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifications – 09:30 GMT
  • 7 Feb – Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifications – 13:00 GMT
  • 9 Feb – Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final – 11:30 GMT
  • 10 Feb – Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final – 11:30 GMT
  • 14 Feb – Women’s Freeski Big Air Qualifications – 18:30 GMT
  • 15 Feb – Men’s Freeski Big Air Qualifications – 18:30 GMT
  • 16 Feb – Women’s Freeski Big Air Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 17 Feb – Men’s Freeski Big Air Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 19 Feb – Men’s Freeski Halfpipe Qualifications – 09:30 GMT
  • 19 Feb – Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Qualifications – 18:30 GMT
  • 20 Feb – Men’s Freeski Halfpipe Final – 18:30 GMT
  • 21 Feb – Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Final – 18:30 GMT

Alpine Skiing

Team GB present a strong Alpine ski team with Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor and Billy Major – lots of exciting races to watch…

  • 7 Feb – Men’s Downhill – 10:30 GMT
  • 8 Feb – Women’s Downhill – 10:30 GMT
  • 9 Feb – Men’s Team Combined Slalom – 13:00 GMT
  • 10 Feb – Women’s Team Combined Slalom – 14:00 GMT
  • 11 Feb – Men’s Super-G – 10:30 GMT
  • 12 Feb – Women’s Super-G – 10:30 GMT
  • 14 Feb – Men’s Giant Slalom Run 1 – 09:00 GMT
  • 14 Feb – Men’s Giant Slalom Run 2 – 12:30 GMT
  • 15 Feb – Women’s Giant Slalom Run 1 – 09:00 GMT
  • 15 Feb – Women’s Giant Slalom Run 2 – 12:30 GMT
  • 16 Feb – Men’s Slalom Run 1 – 09:00 GMT
  • 16 Feb – Men’s Slalom Run 2 – 12:30 GMT
  • 18 Feb – Women’s Slalom Run 1 – 09:00 GMT
  • 18 Feb – Women’s Slalom Run 2 – 12:30 GMT

Here’s a week by week format for all of the Park + Pipe events too:

See the full schedule with all the winter sports here: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule/overview

Photos from @gbsnowsport, @teamgb + @milanocortina2026

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