What's happening at the Winter Olympics 2026?

The Winter Olympics is taking place in Milano Cortina, Italy, in 2026 with lots of exciting sports. Team GB will be hoping for gold medals from favourites such as Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson in the Figure Skating event... But will you reach gold in our Winter Olympics quiz?

Are you a scholar of snow sports? A legend of luge? A brainiac of bobsleighing?

Well then, get started with our Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 quiz above. Or, keep reading to discover some clues to help make sure you hit a top score worthy of a gold medal.

Answer questions based on facts and figures about the 2026 winter Games such as:

The 2026 Games are being held in Italy where world class sports teams from across the globe will be taking part in 16 winter sports and aiming to take home a gold medal for their countries.

The Games will take place between February 6th and will run until the 22nd February, with the Paralympics taking place a month later from March 6th - 15th.

Take our quiz above to find out how much you already know about the Winter Olympic Games, or keep reading to discover more about this event... And find out which Blue Peter presenter will be challenging themself in one of the most dangerous winter sports!

If you're looking to support Team GB as they go for gold this February, then make sure you're watching as they'll be taking part in plenty of the events including Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Snowboarding, Figure Skating and lots more.

Particularly exciting athletes and events to watch out for include:

Snowboarding: Mia Brookes

Team GB says that Mia is the youngest world champion in the history of snowboarding. In 2023, when she was just 16 years old, she won slopestyle gold in a competition in Georgia, becoming Great Britain's first ever world champion in the event. She's certainly a rising star and an Olympic gold hopeful in Milan.

Ice Dancing and Figure Skating: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson

Here are two very familiar faces! Fans of Blue Peter will immediately recognise these two Team GB stars as mentors to Joel and Shini when they learned how to figure skate. Lilah and Lewis have the opportunity to win Team GB's first figure skating medal since 1994, and we'll be supporting them every skate of the way.

Skeleton: Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt 

Matt is a two-time and current reigning world champion in skeleton. He's ready to take on his second appearance at the Olympic Games with plenty of world cup medals since his Beijing appearance in 2022. Similarly, Marcus had achieved second place overall, just behind Matt in the World Championships making this pair solid contenders for the Olympic podium this year.

Bobsleigh: Team GB! 🇬🇧

Another Blue Peter favourite is the bobsleigh team, who will be putting Joel to the test at their training grounds in Norway. It's heart racing action, incredible high speeds and the event can be done solo, duo or as a full team of four. Make sure you're watching Blue Peter to see how Joel gets on with this epic challenge.

Watch even more events and Team GB super star athletes on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport, and don't miss our Blue Peter: Winter Olympics Takeover show, 30th January on CBBC and iPlayer.

This year, the Games are being held in Italy, specifically the city of Milan and a ski resort called Cortina d'Ampezzo. We're already sure that the Italian Alps scenery is going to be stunning.

The Opening Ceremony is being held at one Europe's largest stadiums, the Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium. Football fans will recognise it as Inter and AC Milan's home stadium, whilst music fans may have seen some of the world's biggest artists music artists perform there. Including legendary artists such as Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and more recently... the youngest female artist inducted to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Taylor Swift!

Cortina d'Ampezzo is in northern Italy and is surrounded by the Dolomites mountain range, the perfect landscape for these epic winter sports including the brand new Ski Mountaineering event.

On BBC One, Two and iPlayer, the BBC's official hosts of the Winter Olympics 2026 are Clare Balding, Hazel Irvine and Jeanette Kwakye. You can expect to see them on your screens covering all aspects of the Games and sharing their huge amount of sports knowledge.

They'll be joined by other sports stars who are covering various events, including some familiar faces such as Montell Douglas, who you'll definitely recognise as Fire from Gladiators!

We'll also have lots of Winter Olympics fun here on Blue Peter, with a Winter Olympics takeover on our 30th January show. Make sure to tune in on CBBC and BBC iPlayer to watch Abby and Shini learn adaptive skiing, Joel and Shini take on figure skating with Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, and Joel takes on an EPIC and terrifying challenge with Team GB's bobsleigh team... You won't want to miss it. 👀

Let us know your thoughts! Did you reach a top score on the quiz? Do you have a favourite Team GB athlete that you're excited to watch compete? Which sport and event are you most looking forward to, and, which would you try?

If you've felt inspired by something you've seen here, or will see when you watch the Winter Olympics, why not try having a go at a winter sport and telling us all about how you got on? You could earn yourself a Blue Peter Sport badge.

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