The 2026 Winter Olympics are less than a year away as Milano Cortina gears up to host the quadrennial festival of snow and ice-based sports. The last Winter Olympics in Beijing saw Norway top the medal table with 16 golds, ahead of Germany, USA and hosts China, while Team GB claimed just two medals – both in curling, right at the end of the Games, with Eve Muirhead skipping the women’s team to gold and Bruce Mouat skipping the men’s team to silver. Hopes are higher for more British medals this time around, not only in the curling rink but in a number of the snow events, with regular World Cup wins coming in disciplines such as snowboarding, snowboard cross and freestyle skiing from British competitors Milano Cortina 2026 will get underway on 4 February, with the opening ceremony two days later on 6 February, and will run until the closing ceremony on 22 February, with 116 medal events across the 19 days in Italy. The events are split up into four main geographical zones: Milano (hosting the ceremonies and sports such as ice hockey, speed skating and figure skating), Valtellina (hosting freestyle skiing and snowboard events among others), Cortina (home of the women's Alpine skiing and ice sports such as curling , skeleton and luge) and Val di Fiemme (where the ski jumping and cross-country skiing will take place). Here is a closer look at the full day-by-day schedule for the Games, including every session for every sport: *********************************************************************************************************** *********************************************************************************************************** Snowboarding *********************************************************************************************************** Figure skating OPENING CEREMONY *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Figure skating Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ski jumping Short track speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Short track speed skating Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Cross-country skiing Figure skating Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Short track speed skating Ski jumping Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Ski jumping Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Short track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding *********************************************************************************************************** Figure skating Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Snowboarding Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Short track speed skating Snowboarding *********************************************************************************************************** Figure skating Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Ski mountaineering Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Freestyle skiing Short track speed skating Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Cross-country skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ski mountaineering Speed skating *********************************************************************************************************** Cross-country skiing CLOSING CEREMONY