Olympics 2026 thread

[urungus]

Less than 24 hours until the competition officially gets underway with preliminary round curling Wednesday at 1:05pm Eastern time, two days before the opening ceremonies. Looking forward to seeing Mikaela Shiffrin putting Beijing behind her, Lindsey Vonn (hopefully), Mikael Kingsbury, ski jumping, aerials, snowboard cross, hockey, short track speed skating, biathalon, and new sport ski mountaineering !!

 

[2Planker]

Bethel Maine's ( Univ of Maine) Frank Del Duca will carry the USA Flag in the opening ceremony.
He drives US #1 Bobsled

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[KustyTheKlown]

im stoked the olympics will be on tv for much of my upcoming canada ski trip. i really enjoy when the winter games overlap with my february trip. its especially nice because my streaming services and stuff don't work in canada so im largely limited to hotel cable. if i recall correctly, last time i was there netflix, hulu, and hbo were all not allowed outside of region. amazon and apple were ok. i just downloaded most of the oscar nomination movies, really just to work off a list of content to hoard on a hard drive.

edit - nice. mens hockey medal games are right in the middle of my trip. go canada. for the sake of a really fun time at a bar.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Bethel Maine's ( Univ of Maine) Frank Del Duca will carry the USA Flag in the opening ceremony.
He drives US #1 Bobsled

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he just got interviewed by snoop dogg during the live broadcast of the opening ceremony lol

 

[MidnightJester]

NBC SPORTS’ PRIMETIME MILAN CORTINA 2026 PREVIEW SHOW, ICE, SNOW & GLORY: THE WINTER OLYMPICS, IS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC AND PEACOCK

Live Coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is Tomorrow, Feb. 6th on NBC and Peacock; Live Coverage Begins at 2 p.m. ET, with Primetime Coverage at 8 p.m. ET/PT

www.nbcsports.com

International Ski and Snowboard Federation

Discover the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) - the global authority for winter sports. Explore World Cup schedules, live results, rankings, athlete profiles, and news across Alpine, Cross-Country, Ski Jumping, Freestyle, and Snowboard disciplines.

www.fis-ski.com

Olympic Live Streams, TV Listings & Schedule | NBC Olympics

Watch live action from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games, check TV listings and event schedules on NBCOlympics.com

www.nbcolympics.com

https://www.nbcolympics.com/

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/sports/alpine-skiing

Lindsey Vonn completes downhill training run one week after tearing ACL

Lindsey Vonn hit the slopes for a downhill training run ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics just one week after she tore her ACL in a crash at the World Cup event in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

www.nbcolympics.com

‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada

Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system

www.theguardian.com

 

[MidnightJester]

https://www.wsj.com/sports/olympics/lindsey-vonn-downhill-torn-acl-0eaeb331

On Saturday, Vonn completed her second training run in two days on the Olympic course to re-familiarize herself with a place she already knows by heart. Back in Cortina, where she has won a record 12 World Cup races, Vonn was out to make an emphatic point. Healthy knee or not, she was ready to mix it up with the best skiers in the world. In her first trip down the mountain, on Friday, she finished 11th out of 43. And on Saturday, Her second training run she sat third out of 21 before training was canceled due to poor weather.

 

[Abominable]

Drones have really added to the coverage. Love the drone following the sledders (luge). Looking forward to drone’s eye view of the downhill.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Drones have really added to the coverage. Love the drone following the sledders (luge). Looking forward to drone’s eye view of the downhill.

The thing the drones have done for downhill is give the viewer more of an appreciation of the insane speeds. When you watch skiing on TV, somehow it "flattens" your view, and the camera distance loses something. I'm amazed how the drone really gives a much more realistic impression of not just the speed, but also the pitch.

 

[LoafSkier19]

Lindsey had another brutal crash 4 gates into the women’s downhill. Had to be airlifted

 

[rebel1916]

Lindsey had another brutal crash 4 gates into the women’s downhill. Had to be airlifted

These people are aliens, mentally and physically. I was really rooting for her.

 

[4aprice]

Drones have really added to the coverage. Love the drone following the sledders (luge). Looking forward to drone’s eye view of the downhill.

You could see them released at the start but it almost seemed the drone couldn’t keep up with sled as they didn’t show that camera angle again on any runs. Maybe it just couldn’t be maneuvered further down

 

[4aprice]

Lindsey had another brutal crash 4 gates into the women’s downhill. Had to be airlifted

However, a new star is born: Breezy Johnson - first US medalist Didn't know anything about her but apparently, she has been on a tear this season while Lindsey and Mikala got the headlines. Interesting background, from Idaho, grew up skiing Jackson Hole.

 

[drjeff]

However, a new star is born: Breezy Johnson - first US medalist Didn't know anything about her but apparently, she has been on a tear this season while Lindsey and Mikala got the headlines. Interesting background, from Idaho, grew up skiing Jackson Hole.

The US Women have a ton of talent, in both the speed and tech events... And frankly for many of them, you can credit both Lindsey and even Mikeala, and their dominance over the last 10-20yrs as inspiration for tons of young women ski racers in the US, many of whom now have been at it long enough, to make it onto the World stage!

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Congratulations to Breezy Johnson. Today was her day.

 

[doublediamond]

Broken left leg for Lindsey. She had surgery but they won't say what bone(s) broke.