The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.

A pair of stoats named Tina and Milo are the mascots for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ice hockey, curling, influencers—the 2026 Winter Olympics promise to be the most talked about Games in recent memory. WIRED has all the news you need coming out of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Here's everything to know about the full schedule for NBC’s primetime coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics, so you can plan your viewing like a pro. The 2026 Winter Olympics will officially kick off with the opening ceremony at San Siro Stadium in Milan on Feb. 6, airing at 8 p.m. ET.

"Miss American" herself, Taylor Swift, joined the NBC broadcast to share an inspirational message for all of the athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Americans who top the podium at the Milan Cortina Games will be in line for a $37,500 bonus. Their competitors could collect as much as $800,000.

He founded the Scott Hamilton Skating Academy and is one of many notable Winter Olympians with ties to Tennessee. The Milan-Cortina Games in Italy will be Hamilton's 10th Olympics, where he will be an on-air analyst for NBC.

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is complete at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Featuring simultaneous ceremonies in the mountain towns of Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo, the day's festivities included performances from Mariah Carey,