Overview
- Preliminary action began Wednesday with mixed doubles curling in Cortina, men’s downhill training in Bormio and luge training runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
- Friday’s Opening Ceremony starts at 2 p.m. ET at Milan’s San Siro, is expected to run about three hours and features performances by Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini with satellite elements in Cortina, Predazzo and Livigno.
- NBC carries live coverage in U.S. morning and afternoon windows, with primetime re-airs, and Peacock is streaming every session live alongside NBCOlympics.com.
- The Games span Feb. 4–22 with the first medals on Feb. 7, featuring 116 medal events across 16 sports for roughly 3,000 athletes from more than 90 nations, including the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering.
- Events are spread across northern Italy, including Milan, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Livigno, Bormio, Val di Fiemme and Verona, with a six-hour time difference to U.S. Eastern Time shaping viewing times.