GB’s Kenworthy starts halfpipe medal bid – Thursday’s guide

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GB’s Kenworthy starts halfpipe medal bid – Thursday’s guideImage caption, Published2 February 2026Updated 34 minutes agoThe 25th Winter Olympics will feature almost 3,000 athletes from 90 countries competing for 116 medals at Milan-Cortina.Team GB have sent 53 athletes to the Games with plenty of medal potential.Here is your guide to what is happening each day and who to look out for.All times GMT.Day 14: Friday, 20 FebruaryMedals: SevenMedal events: Women’s ski cross (09:00-12:40); Men’s aerials (12:30-14:05); Men’s biathlon 15km (13:15-14:20); Women’s speed skating 1500m (15:30-17:10); Men’s ski halfpipe (18:30-20:20); Women’s short track 1500m and men’s short track 5000m relay (19:15-21:40).All you need to know about the 2026 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle skiing: Women’s ski cross (09:00-12:35)

The exciting sport of ski cross involves plenty of drama and the last Olympics was no exception, as Switzerland’s Fanny Smith well knows.

She was demoted from bronze in the aftermath of her race, only for the decision to eventually be overturned – she received her medal more than a year later.

Now the reigning world champion, Smith again faces Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund and Canada’s Marielle Thompson, the gold and silver medallists from Beijing.

Ice hockey: Men’s semi-finals (Canada v Finland at 15:40, USA v Slovakia at 20:10)

The Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena is host to a semi-final double header, with the two winners advancing to Sunday’s final and the losers playing off for bronze.

Canada are nine-time Olympic champions, while the USA last took the title in 1980.

Freestyle skiing: Men’s halfpipe final (18:30-20:05)

Expect a thrilling contest for gold. With New Zealand’s 2022 gold medallist Nico Porteous announcing last summer that he was stepping away from the sport, there is a gap to be filled – and the title could stay in Kiwi hands as 19-year-old Finley Melville Ives is the current world champion.

Alex Ferreira won silver in 2018 and bronze in 2022, and fellow American Nick Goepper has his sights set on winning a medal at a fourth consecutive Games, having made the slopestyle podium in 2014, 2018 and 2022.

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Prepare for some gravity-defying tricks and jumps in the men’s aerials final, rescheduled from Thursday (12:30).

Switzerland’s Noe Roth has won the past two world titles but has not managed to land on the podium at either of the past two Olympics.

A medal in Milano-Cortina would emulate his mother Colette Brand, who won aerials bronze in Nagano in 1998. Qi Guangpu is the defending champion.

It’s semi-finals day in the women’s curling (13:05) and the bronze-medal match in the men’s curling (18:05).

Day 15: Saturday, 21 February

Medals: 10

Medal events: Men’s team aerials (09:45-11:35); Men’s ski cross (09:00-12:40); Men’s cross-country 50km mass start (10:00-13:05); Mixed ski mountaineering relay (12:30-13:50); Women’s biathlon 12.5km mass start (13:15-14:15); Men’s and women’s speed skating mass start (14:00-17:00); Women’s ski halfpipe (18:30-20:20); Women’s two-woman bobsleigh (18:00-21:10); Men’s curling (1805-2135).

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Freestyle skiing: Men’s ski cross final (09:00-12:35)

Beijing champion Ryan Regez suffered a torn ACL followed by a loss of form but his world title win last year shows he is now back to his best.

His biggest threat could be Canada’s Reece Howden, who has won the World Cup title in both of the past two years.

Bobsleigh: Two-woman heats three and four (18:00 & 20:03)

Germany’s Laura Nolte won this event in 2022 aged 23, becoming the youngest female pilot to take gold.

Since then, she and brakewoman Deborah Levi have been a model of consistency on the World Cup circuit.

The USA’s Kaillie Humphries won this event in 2010 and 2014 and could run Nolte close.

Zoe Atkin smiles after a run — Image caption,

Atkin was ninth in the event at Beijing 2022

Curling: Men’s gold-medal game – Great Britain v Canada (18:05-21:20)

Bruce Mouat and his rink have guaranteed Team GB’s fourth medal of these Winter Olympics after seeing off unbeaten Switzerland 8-5 in their semi-final.

The British quartet – who are the reigning world champions – will face Canada in Saturday’s final looking to upgrade the silver medal they won four years ago in Beijing.

Gold would be Britain’s first in Olympic men’s curling since 1924.

The bronze medal game in the women’s curling starts at 13:05 GMT.

Freestyle skiing: Women’s halfpipe final (18:30-20:05)

Can Britain’s Zoe Atkin dethrone China’s Eileen Gu as the Olympic champion?

The US-born 21-year-old is the reigning world champion but will be up against a stacked field, likely to also include Li Fanghui, her biggest rival last season and the skier with whom she shared the overall 2024-25 World Cup title.

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As well as the conclusion of the two-woman event, the opening two heats of the four-man bobsleigh take place (09:00 and 10:57).

Germany – particularly pilot Francesco Friedrich – have monopolised major titles in recent years but the British crew driven by Brad Hall also have podium aspirations.

The most gruelling event in the Winter Olympics is cross country skiing’s 50km mass start (10:00).

The men’s medals will be decided on Saturday and current world champion Johannes Hosflot Klaebo is the red hot favourite. Team GB’s Andrew Musgrave is competing in his fifth Winter Olympics.

Day 16: Sunday, 22 February

Medals: Four

Medal events: Men’s four-man bobsleigh (09:00-12:20); Women’s cross-country 50km mass start (09:00-12:35); Women’s curling (12:05-13:35); Men’s ice hockey (12:40-15:40)

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Bobsleigh: Four-man heats three and four (09:00 & 11:12)

History beckons for German great Francesco Friedrich on the final day of the Games.

The 35-year-old arrived in Italy with four Olympic titles so, depending on how he fared in the earlier two-man event, he will be vying to become the first athlete to win five or even six bobsleigh golds.

His biggest rival may be Germany’s second crew, headed by Johannes Lochner, but Team GB could also be in podium contention, with the sled piloted by Brad Hall having recorded encouraging results occasionally at the top level.

Finland celebrate winning gold at Beijing 2022 — Image caption,

Finland celebrate after beating the Russian Olympic Committee team 2-1 in the final in Beijing

Curling: Women’s gold medal game (10:05-13:20)

This event proved the highlight – and saving grace – of Britain’s Winter Olympics four years ago, when Eve Muirhead and her team clinched GB’s only gold of the Games on the final day in Beijing.

With only one member of that gold-winning quintet competing in Milan-Cortina, a repeat might be unlikely.

Ice hockey: Men’s gold medal game (13:10)

Each of the last three men’s ice hockey finals has produced a different winner – so could a new name be added to the roll of honour at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena?

Canada have claimed a record nine Olympic golds and the return of NHL players is a boost to their chances.

That also applies to the USA, who haven’t won the title since 1980’s ‘Miracle on Ice’, while Finland are the reigning champions.

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With all events completed, at 19:00 it’s time for the Closing Ceremony of the XXV Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in the iconic Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in the historic city of Verona.

Milan Cortina will say arrivederci and perform the traditional handover to the team from the French Alps, where the 2030 Games will be held.

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