The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy are officially underway as competition picks up speed on Day 1 today. After yesterday’s opening ceremony, there is a full schedule of events today, with gold medals on the line in men’s and women’s downhill skiing,

Mexican Alpine skier Sarah Schleper and her son Lasse Gaxiola are set to make history at the Winter Olympics. (AP photo)

The first medals of the Winter Games will be awarded today, in men’s downhill skiing, women's 10km and 10km skiathlon, women’s normal hill ski jumping, men’s snowboard Big Air and women’s 3,000-meter speed skating.

The women's Alpine skiing downhill event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will air on NBC and USA Network, and stream live on Peacock and NBC Olympics platforms on Sunday, Feb. 8.

Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Ryan Cochran-Siegle—meet the most anticipated athletes of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course on Friday, two days before the race.