The first alpine skiing medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be handed out on Saturday in the men's downhill.

It's Day 1 of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina with competition heating up across a snowy Italy today. Gold medals are up for grabs in women’s ski jumping and men’s big air snowboarding, while competition continues in team events like women’s hockey and mixed doubles curling.

Olympic expert Mike Tierney reveals his picks and best bets for the most overall medals won and gold medal totals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Mexican Alpine skier Sarah Schleper and her son Lasse Gaxiola are set to make history at the Winter Olympics. (AP photo)

Ireland's Cormac Comerford finished Saturday's Olympic downhill in last position of skiers who finished the race but he was still happy with his Games debut on one of the world's toughest downhill slopes and is certain that his country will be too.

Get ready to see the world's best athletes go head-to-head in their quest for the gold at the 2026 Winter Olympic venues spread across northern Italy. From the city lights of Milan to the snowy peaks of the Dolomites,

The first medal of the Winter Games was awarded this morning, with Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen taking the gold. Sweden took the top two spots in women's skiathlon and Italy won gold in women’s 3,000-meter speed skating. Later, we have women’s normal hill ski jumping and men’s snowboard Big Air.