Winter Olympics 2026 on TV and BBC iPlayer - How to watch all the action and follow across the BBC

From Friday 6 to Thursday 22 February you can catch more than 450 hours of live Winter Olympics action from Milan-Cortina across the BBC. We’re bringing audiences unmissable drama from the world’s top winter sport athletes, and the biggest and best moments of snow and ice sport.

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Wherever you choose to follow, BBC Sport has the Winter Olympics Games covered with two streams of live daytime action from Italy, alongside the best clips, highlights and live text updates across the BBC Sport website, app and social channels.

Here’s everything you need to know…

Winter Olympics 2026 on TV and BBC iPlayer, Radio and BBC Sounds

Live coverage and highlights of all major events will be broadcast across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

• BBC One: 9am-12pm with Hazel Irvine; 2 pm-5.15pm with Jeanette Kwakye
• BBC Two: 1pm-2pm with Jeanette Kwakye; 5.15pm-10pm with Clare Balding

Plus there’s an Olympics Extra live digital stream from 8am-11pm daily.

The BBC Sport website and app is delivering day‑by‑day guides, sport explainers, medal tables, live text, features and on‑demand clips while the BBC Sport social channels have the best moments of the Games as they happen

Radio and Sounds

BBC Radio 5 Live is the radio home of the Winter Olympics, with Katie Smith and Maz Farookhi delivering daily coverage, interviews and reaction.

Winter Olympics 2026 Schedule

There’s an action-packed fortnight of winter sports on offer and you can find the full schedule of events on the BBC Sport website. 

Here’s just a taste of what’s to come...

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Friday 6 February 

• Watch the Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on BBC iPlayer

The XXV Winter Olympic Games officially got under way with the Opening Ceremony at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, ending with the traditional lighting of the Olympic Cauldron – with one in Milan and one in Cortina.

Maria Carey and Andrea Bocelli were among the performers. These Games are spread across northern Italy and, in a new innovation, the occasion will also be marked with ceremonies and parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Winter Olympics 2026 Events

Alpine Skiing

The first medals of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be decided on Saturday 7 February in the Men’s Downhill, with the Women’s Downhill to follow on Sunday 8 February, plus a new team combined event kicks off on Monday 9 (Men’s) and Tuesday 10 (Women’s).

More Medal Moments

• Men’s Super-G – Wednesday 11 February
• Women’s Super-G – Thursday 12 February
• Men’s Giant Slalom - Saturday 14 February
• Women’s Giant Slalom - Sunday 15 February
• Men’s Slalom - Monday 16 February
• Women’s Slalom - Wednesday 18 February

Follow all the latest Alpine Skiing news on the BBC Sport website

Biathlon

Watch out for Team GB’s Jacques Jefferies and Shawna Pendry in this event, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The sport features several events: the Sprint (10km), Pursuit (12.5km), Individual (20km) Mass start (15km) and the team Relay (4x7.5km). 

Biathlon events at Milan-Cortina kick off on Sunday 8 February and conclude on Saturday 21 February with the Women’s Mass Start.

Follow all the latest Biathlon news on the BBC Sport website

Bobsleigh

The first bobsleigh medal is up for grabs at the Cortina Sliding Centre on Monday 16 February with the Women’s Monobob. Adele Nicoll will make history in Milan-Cortina having been selected as the first British female to compete in the monobob at a Winter Olympics.

More Medal Moments

• Women’s Monobob – Monday 16 February
• 2-man –17 February
• 2-woman – Saturday 21 February
• 4-man –Sunday 22 February 

Follow all the latest Bobsleigh news on the BBC Sport website

Cross Country Skiing

Great Britain’s Andrew Musgrave competes in his fifth Winter Olympics and you can catch him in action in the Men’s Skiathlon on Sunday 8 February. 

More Medal Moments

• Women’s Skiathlon – Saturday 7 February
• Women’s and Men’s Classic Sprint – Tuesday 10 February
• Women’s 10k Interval – Thursday 12 February
• Men’s 10k Interval – Friday 13 February
• Women’s 4 x 7.5km Relay – Saturday 14 February
• Men’s 4 X 7.5km Relay – Sunday 15 February
• Women’s and Men’s 10k Sprint Free Final – Wednesday 18 February
• Men’s 50km Mass Start – 21 February
• Women’s 50km Mass Start – 22 February 

Follow all the latest Cross Country Skiing news on the BBC Sport website

Curling

Curling is the only sport to feature on every day at these Winter Olympics, with the mixed doubles getting under way two days before the Opening Ceremony. Team GB will be action across the fortnight and you can follow the full curling schedule on the BBC Sport website.

Watch out for long-established British pair Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds, who were world champions in 2021 and runners-up in 2025.

More Medal Moments

• Mixed Doubles Final and Bronze Medal Game - Tuesday 10 February
• Men’s Bronze Medal Game – Friday 20 February
• Men’s Gold Medal Game and Women’s Bronze Medal Game - Saturday 21 February
• Women’s Gold Medal Game – Sunday 22 February

Follow all the latest Curling news on the BBC Sport website

Figure Skating

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson hope to win Britain’s first figure skating medal since Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean earned bronze in Lillehammer in 1994. The duo, who compete in Ice Dance, won GB’s first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with bronze in Boston in 2025.

Medal Moments

• Team Event – Friday 6 February to Sunday 8 February
• Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance – Monday 9 February
• Men’s Short Programme – Tuesday 10 February
• Ice Dance – Free Dance – Wednesday 11 February
• Men’s Free Skate – Friday 13 February
• Women’s Short Programme – Tuesday 17 February
• Women’s Free Skate – Thursday 19 February 

Follow all the latest Figure Skating news on the BBC Sport website

Freestyle Skiing 

Keep your eyes peeled for Scotland’s Kirsty Muir and Team GB teammate Zoe Atkin on the slopes, kicking off with the women’s slopestyle qualifying on Saturday 7 February. Newly crowned X Games champion Muir will be hoping to make her mark at the games alongside reigning halfpipe world champion Atkin, who hopes to emulate the success of her big sister, Izzy.

More Medal Moments

• Women’s Slopestyle Final – Monday 9 February
• Men’s Slopestyle Final – Tuesday 10 February
• Women’s Moguls – Weds 11 February
• Men’s Moguls – Thursday 12 February
• Women’s Dual Moguls – Saturday 14 February
• Men’s Dual Moguls – Sunday 15 February
• Women’s Big Air Final – Monday 16 February
• Men’s Big Air Final – Tuesday 17 February
• Women’s Aerials – Wednesday 18 February
• Men’s Aerials – Friday 20 February
• Women’s Ski Cross and Men’s Halfpipe Finals – Friday 20 February
• Men’s Ski Cross Final – Saturday 21 February
• Mixed Team Aerials, Men’s Ski Cross – Saturday 21 February
• Women’s Halfpipe Final - Sunday 22 February

Follow all the latest Freestyle Skiing news on the BBC Sport website

Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey gets underway from Thursday 5 February with the Women’s Preliminary Rounds and the Men’s Preliminary Round following from Wednesday 11 February.

Medal Moments

• Women’s Quarter Finals – Friday 13 and Saturday 14 February
• Women’s Semi-Finals – 16 February
• Men’s Quarter Finals –18 February
• Women’s Gold and Bronze Medal Games – Thursday 19 February
• Men’s Semi-Finals – Friday 20 February
• Men’s Bronze Medal Game – Saturday 21 February
• Men’s Gold Medal Game – Sunday 22 February

Follow all the latest Ice Hockey news on the BBC Sport website

Luge

The Men’s Singles will be the first Luge medals decided at Milan-Cortina on Sunday 8 February, with the Women’s Singles following on Tuesday 10 February.

The Women’s and Men’s Doubles dominate on Wednesday 11 February before the Team Relay on Thursday 12 February.

Follow all the latest Luge news on the BBC Sport website

Nordic Combined

Cross Country Skiing and Ski Jumping are the name of the game in the Nordic Combined, which begins on Tuesday 17 February with the Individual event and concludes on Thursday 19 February with the Team Sprint. 

Follow all the latest Nordic Combined news on the BBC Sport website

Short Track Speed Skating

Britain’s Niall Treacy will be among the competitors in the Men’s Short Track Speed Skating 1500m on Saturday 14 February and there’s plenty of action from this shorter course throughout this year’s games. 

Catch the Women’s 500m and Men’s 1000m Heats and the Mixed Team Relay Final from 10 February. 

More Medal Moments

• Women’s 500m Final and Men’s 1000m Final – Thursday 12 February
• Women’s 1000m Final – Monday 16 February
• Women’s 3000m Final and Men’s 500m Final – Wednesday 18 February
• Men’s 5000m Relay and Women’s 1500m Final – Friday 20 February

Follow all the latest Short Track Speed Skating news on the BBC Sport website

Skeleton 

Beijing 2022 marked the first Winter Olympics in which Great Britain failed to win a medal in skeleton but there is every hope of putting that right in style in Milan-Cortina with Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt both hoping for glory. Catch them in action in the Men’s Heats on Thursday 12 February with the final on Friday 13.

Catch the Women’s Final on Saturday 14 February, before the Mixed Team medals are handed out on Sunday 15.

Follow all the latest Skeleton news on the BBC Sport website

Ski Jumping

There’s a landmark moment for ski jumping at the 2026 Games as women compete for the first time in the large hill event. See them soar on Sunday 15 February.

More Medal Moments

• Women’s Normal Hill – Saturday 7 February
• Men’s Normal Hill – Monday 9 February
• Mixed Team – Tuesday 10 February
• Men’s Large Hill – Saturday 14 February
• Men’s Super Team – Monday 16 February 

Follow all the latest Ski Jumping news on the BBC Sport website

Ski Mountaineering 

Bormio is synonymous with downhill skiing but some athletes will also be attempting to go uphill in the only new sport at these Winter Olympics – ski mountaineering, or skimo for short. Skiers race up and down a steep course on skis, ‘skins’ (strips of fabric attached to the bottom of skis) and on foot, putting on or taking off their equipment in transition areas between sections.

• Women’s and Men’s Sprint – 19 February
• Mixed Relay – Saturday 21 February 

Snowboarding

Snowboarding events kick off before the official Opening Ceremony with the Men’s Big Air qualification on Thursday 5 February, where just twelve will qualify for the final on Saturday 7 February.

Britain’s Mia Brookes will be hoping for a medal in the Women’s Big Air event with qualification on Sunday 8 February and the Women’s Big Air Final on Monday 9 February.

More Medal Moments 

• Women’s and Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom – Sunday 8 February
• Women’s Halfpipe and Men’s Cross Finals – Thursday 12 February
• Women’s Cross and Men’s Halfpipe Finals – Friday 13 February
• Cross Mixed Team – Sunday 15 February
• Women’s and Men’s Slopestyle Qualifying – Monday 16 February
• Women’s Slopestyle Final – Tuesday 17 February
• Men’s Slopestyle Final – Wednesday 18 February 

Follow all the latest Snowboarding news on the BBC Sport website

Speedskating

In speed skating, the track is 400 metres long: the same size as an Olympic running track and rather than racing each other, the athletes race against the clock in a timed format. However in the mass start events all athletes start together and race against one another and the team pursuit sees each team field three athletes who compete in elimination races to reach the final. 

• Womens 3000m – Saturday 7 February
• Men’s 5000m – Sunday 8 February
• Women’s 1000m – Monday 9 February
• Men’s 1000m – Wednesday 11 February
• Women’s 5000m – Thursday 12 February
• Men’s 10,000m – Friday 13 February
• Men’s 500m – Saturday 14 February
• Women’s 500m – Sunday 15 February
• Men’s and Women’s Team Pursuit – Tuesday 17 February
• Men’s 1500m - Thursday 19 February
• Women’s 1500m – Friday 20 February
• Men’s and Women’s Mass Start Final – Saturday 21 February

Follow all the latest Speedskating news on the BBC Sport website

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