
Winter Olympics: Curling, skiing and speed skating are in store today in Italy on Day 1
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Follow CNN Sports for live updates from Day 1’s action of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
• Events today: Curling, speed skating and ice hockey are among the events lined up on Day 1. • Lindsey Vonn trains again: The US skiing star is set to train again on Saturday after comfortably finishing a training run yesterday. Vonn cruised to 11th out of 43 racers without pushing herself, despite having “completely ruptured” her ACL on January 30. • Latest news: CNN Sports has the latest chatter from the Winter Olympics and incredible stories of athletic achievement. Click here to sign up for the newsletter. The US women’s hockey team will play a preliminary round against Finland at 10:40 a.m. ET. There are terms used by commentators or pundits that you might not be accustomed to hearing if not a regular to the sport. We look at some of the sport-specific lingo and explain what the terms mean so you’ll be ahead of the game in Milan Cortina.













