What are YOU looking forward to at the Winter Olympics?
Mia Brookes is a medal hopeful for GB in snowboarding
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The Winter Olympics 2026 officially begin on Friday 6 February in Italy, with events taking place in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Athletes from around the world will compete in sports played on snow and ice, and we want to know what you’re looking forward to most.
If you've never watched the Winter Olympics before, you'll see sports like snowboarding, skiing, figure skating, curling and skeleton.
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Medal hopefuls Zoe Atkin, Matt Weston and Mia Brookes
Team GB has a strong squad heading to Italy, including world champions and X Games gold medallists.
Britain's best ever Winter Olympic medal total is five, but UK Sport believes the team could win as many as eight medals this time.
Marcus Wyatt competing in the Skeleton, a fast event where athletes lie face-down on a small sled and race down an icy track at high speeds
In skeleton, Britain has two of the best men in the world: Matt Weston, the current world champion, and Marcus Wyatt, meaning there could even be more than one British medal in the event.
Athletes like Mia Brookes (snowboarder), Kirsty Muir (freestyle skier), Zoe Atkin (freestyle skier) and Charlotte Bankes (snowboarder) are others to look out for, with hopes they could win Britain's first ever Olympic gold or silver medal on snow.
Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson: UK's medal winning figure skating duo
On the ice, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson could win Britain's first Olympic figure skating medal since 1994, while the curling teams are hoping to add to the medals they won in 2022.
With so much to look forward to, let us know in the comments which event you are most looking forward to and why, who are you rooting for and do you have a favourite athlete?
