Winter Olympics today: Key events in Friday’s schedule and how to watch on TV
Here is our guide to Milan-Cortina 2026: the events you need to know about, the biggest names in the athletes’ village and when every one of the 53 Team GB athletes is in action. Look out for a medal next to events below for potential British success.
In the UK, the Winter Olympics is broadcast on the BBC, but only selected events are shown. For the full broadcast experience – including the choice of any event at any time – you will need TNT Sport or the Discovery+ app.
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All times in this guide are UK time (GMT) which is one hour behind local time in Italy.
Skiing
Day 14
Friday February 20
If you only watch one thing…
Freestyle skiing
6.30pm: men’s halfpipe final
If you want to indulge in some gravity-defying tricks and flips, tune into the men’s halfpipe final, where there will be some serious competition. It is likely to be a shootout between 19-year-old Finley Melville Ives from New Zealand and American Alex Ferreira, a previous silver and bronze Olympic medallist in this event.
Other key events (including all finals)
Freestyle skiing
9am: women’s ski cross knockout rounds
12.10pm: women’s ski cross (final)
6.30pm: men’s halfpipe (final)
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Biathon
1.15pm: men’s 15km mass start (final)
Speed skating
3.30pm: women’s 1500m (final)
Curling
6:05pm: men’s bronze medal match 🏅
Bobsleigh
5pm: 2-woman heats
Short track speed skating
8.30pm: men’s 5000m relay (final)
9.07pm: women’s 1500m (final)
Athletes to watch: Adele Nicoll and Kya Placide
Welsh bobsleigh hopefuls Adele Nicoll and Kya Placide get their campaign underway. Nelson, a two-time summer Olympian who competed as a sprinter at the Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020 Games, only switched to bobsleigh a year ago after being approached by former shot-putter Nicoll over Instagram.
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All Britons in action
Adele Nicoll, Kya Placide (bobsleigh, 2-woman heats)
Ellia Smeding (speed skating women’s 1500m)
Skiing
Day 15
Saturday February 21
If you only watch one thing…
Ski mountaineering
12.30pm: mixed relay (final)
Making its debut at the Winter Olympics, ski mountaineering – also known as ‘skimo’ – sees athletes navigate an uphill and downhill course. Competitors attach sticky pads called ‘skins’ to the undersides of their skis to ascend the uphill part of the course, where some steep sections will need to be hiked on foot. They then reattach their skis to navigate a technical descent. In mixed relay, teams consist of one male and one female athlete, each completing the course twice and handing over to one another in between laps.
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Other key events (including all finals)
Freestyle skiing
09.45am: mixed team aerials (final)
12:10pm: men’s ski cross (final)
6.30pm: women’s freeski halfpipe (final) 🏅
Cross-country skiing
10am: men’s 50km mass start classic (final)
Curling
1.05pm: women’s bronze medal match 🏅
Biathlon
1.15pm: women’s 12.5km mass start (final)
Speed skating
3.40pm: men’s mass start (final)
4.15pm: women’s mass start (final)
Curling
6.05pm: men’s gold medal match 🏅
Ice hockey
7.40pm: men’s bronze medal match
Bobsleigh
8.05pm: 2-woman heat 4 (final)
Athlete to watch: Eileen Gu
A freeski icon, Gu is one of the most recognisable faces in winter sport. With an estimated net worth of £18m, the American-Chinese skier was one of the highest earning female athletes last year and will be looking to add to the two golds and silver she won four years ago in Beijing, and the silver in slopestyle this year, in the women’s halfpipe.
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All Britons in action
Andrew Musgrave, James Clugnet, Joe Davies (cross-country skiing)
Ollie Davies (freestyle skiing – men’s ski cross)
Zoe Atkin (women’s freeski halfpipe)
Ice hockey
Day 16
Sunday February 22
If you only watch one thing…
Ice hockey
1.10pm: men’s gold medal game
National Hockey League players will make their highly anticipated return to Olympic ice, having previously skipped the 2018 and 2022 editions, which makes the men’s competition one of the most hotly contested in recent history. Two-time Canadian Olympic champion Sidney Crosby is among the household names set to feature.
Other key events (including all finals)
Cross-country skiing
9am: women’s 50km mass start classic (final)
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Curling
10.05am: women’s gold medal game 🏅
Bobsleigh
11.15am: 4-man heat 4 (final) 🏅
Closing ceremony
7pm
Athlete to watch: Francesco Friedrich
It’s the event synonyms with Cool Runnings (Jamaica will be competing – they even have former Team GB bobsleigh athlete Joel Fearon) but all eyes will be on Freidrich. The 35-year-old German is already a four-time Olympic champion and, depending how he fares in the earlier two-man event, is bidding to become the first athlete to win five – or even six – bobsleigh golds.
Britons to watch
Brad Hall, Leon Greenwood, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett (4-man bobsleigh)
Anna Pryce (women’s 50km mass start classic)
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