Today's Milan Cortina Olympics Headlines

Friday, February 6

Let the Games begin! Well, they've technically already begun, with a handful of events in figure skating, snowboarding, ice hockey and curling. Madison Chock and Evan Bates wowed the crowd just this morning. But we all know the Olympics don't officially, officially start until today's grand Opening Ceremony. We'll have the parade of nations, with flag bearers Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca representing Team USA. And everyone is talking about Mongolia's Olympic uniforms. We've got all the watch details, plus when to catch superstars Lindsey Vonn and Chloe Kim in action. Also, what's the deal with curling? People get fascinated by the sport every four years. Play continues tomorrow, and figure skaters also return to the ice. In the meantime, enjoy today's big show!

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When the Olympics Opening Ceremony commences on Friday, Feb. 6, more than just the start of the Games will be celebrated.

The Opening Ceremony will give athletes from more than 90 countries a walk alongside their flag on the international stage. From there, they will compete in 116 medal events across 16 sports.

One of the highlights of the Milan Cortina Olympics Opening Ceremony will be the Parade of Nations, which includes hundreds of countries and thousands of athletes. 

The Winter Olympics are upon us.

Four years after convening in Beijing, top athletes from around the world will head to Italy for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

Milan Cortina marks Italy’s third time hosting the Winter Olympics, and it is also NBC’s eighth time as the broadcasting home of the Winter Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn is back at the Winter Olympics.

The legendary Team USA alpine skier will complete her Olympic comeback at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games — and she’s be battling through a major injury to do so.

Vonn, 41, suffered a torn ACL in her left knee after crashing in her final downhill race ahead of the Olympics. The crash also left her with bone bruising and “meniscal damage” in her left leg.

Mongolia will compete in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a small but mighty team, that has already caught the attention of the fans and fashion experts with its striking uniforms.

Goyol Cashmere, a design company based in Ulaanbaatar, said the uniforms are inspired by the 13th and 15th Mongol Empire blending history with performance.

“Rather than merely blending traditional garments with modern design, this collection aims to reintroduce the ancient Mongolian clothing culture — an inseparable part of our great history and cultural heritage — to the contemporary world and share it on a global stage,” the company said on a post on Instagram.

Every four years, curling becomes one of the most talked-about sports. Olympic viewers across the country suddenly find themselves fascinated by a game that, if we’re being honest, most of us know almost nothing about.

Curling was included in the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924 and functioned as a demonstration sport until it was officially added to the program for the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. Despite its long history, the sport still feels like an Olympic enigma — full of sliding stones, frantic sweeping and, of course, incredibly stylish pants.

To the untrained eye, it looks like a group of regular people on ice, and almost everyone watching curling has the same thought: “I don’t know what’s going on, but I could probably do that.”

Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca received one of the greatest honors an American athlete can get at the Olympics, and it’s not a gold medal.

The speed skater and bobsledder were named Team USA’s flag bearers for the Opening Ceremony at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

Having two flag bearers for one country is a new development. Only one athlete from each participating nation was chosen as the flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, when a rule change allowed for one male and one female athlete to carry out the distinction.