The first medals will be awarded on Saturday.
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The U.S. women's hockey, mixed doubles curling and ice dance teams will look to continue their dominant early showing, while eyes will be on Lindsey Vonn to see if she does another training run before Sunday's Olympic women’s downhill competition.
Here are the top five things to watch Saturday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics:
1. Medals
Medals will begin to be handed out Saturday morning. The first medal events are men's downhill skiing and the women's 20 km skiathlon. There will also be medals awarded for women's 3000m speed skating, men's big air snowboarding and women's normal hill ski jumping.
2. Lindsey Vonn training run?
After participating in Friday's training run, Lindsey Vonn's coach, Aksel Lund Svindal, said he was not sure if Vonn would participate in Saturday's training run, but she is on the list of starters. This will be her second chance after the cancelation of the first training on Thursday.
A week after tearing her ACL during the upper section of the World Cup downhill race in Switzerland, Vonn completed a successful training run early Friday morning. The run was required if she wanted to compete in Sunday's Olympic women’s downhill competition. Vonn clocked in at 1:40.33, a time that placed her 11th out of the 43 finishers.
The 41-year-old is a four-time overall World Cup champion and won gold in the downhill event at the 2010 Olympics. Vonn made a return after retiring from skiing in 2019.
3. U.S. women's hockey set to face illness-stricken Finland
The U.S. women's hockey team meets Finland in its second game of the 2026 Olympics. The U.S. opened the Olympics with a 5-1 win over Czechia. Finland has yet to play after their opening game against Canada was postponed until Thursday after a norovirus outbreak.
Norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control, is a “very contagious” illness that is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in the United States. Most people with norovirus illness recover in 72 hours or less, the CDC says, but they can still spread the virus for several more days afterward.
The Finnish team is reportedly optimistic about playing after most of the team took part in practice. The Americans, meanwhile, have taken precautions to protect themselves from catching the virus.
4. Can U.S. mixed doubles curling team stay undefeated?
The U.S. mixed doubles curling team is off to a record-setting, undefeated start after two days of competition with wins over Canada and Czechia on Friday. Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin's 4-0 start was the best among any U.S. men's, women's or mixed doubles curling team since the sport was added to the Olympics in 1998.
On Saturday, it will be a challenge to stay undefeated as they take on 5-0 Great Britain and 0-4 South Korea in round-robin play.
5. Free dance, men's short program in team figure skating
Team USA will enter the day with the lead in the team competition after strong performances Friday from Madison Chock and Evan Bates in the rhythm dance and reigning world champion Alysa Liu in the women's short program. Team Japan sits just two points behind the U.S. in second place after Kaori Sakamoto's strong short program.
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026
All times ET.
Alpine Skiing
Downhill
5:30 a.m.: Men's final (USA Network)🏅
Cross-Country Skiing
20 kilometer skiathlon
7 a.m.: Women's final (NBC)🏅
Curling
Mixed doubles round-robin
4:05 a.m.: Great Britain vs. Canada (USA Network), Switzerland vs. Sweden
8:35 a.m.: Estonia vs. Norway, Czechia vs. South Korea, Sweden vs. Italy, Great Britain vs. USA (USA Network at 9:30 a.m.)
1:05 p.m.: South Korea vs. USA, Canada vs. Estonia, Czechia vs. Switzerland, Norway vs. Italy
Figure Skating
Team competition
1:45 p.m.: Men's short program (NBC)
4 p.m.: Free dance (NBC)
Freestyle Skiing
Slopestyle
4:30 a.m.: Women's qualifying (USA Network; NBC picks up coverage at 5:30 a.m.)
8 a.m.: Men's qualifying (NBC)
Hockey
Women's pool play
6:10 a.m: Germany vs. Japan
8:40 a.m.: Sweden vs. Italy
10:40 a.m.: USA vs. Finland (USA Network)
3:10 p.m.: Switzerland vs. Canada (USA Network)
Luge
Men’s singles
11 a.m.: Runs 1, 2 (Run 2 airs live on NBC beginning at 12:45 p.m.)
Ski Jumping
Normal hill
11:45 a.m.: Women's final (airs on USA Network at 8 p.m.)🏅
Snowboarding
Big air
1:30 p.m.: Men's final (USA Network) 🏅
Speed Skating
3000 meters
10 a.m.: Women's final (NBC coverage begins at 10:05 a.m.) 🏅
Category: General Sports
