The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy, and various events are scheduled for today.
15 February 2026 Winter Olympics Schedule: Must See Events
Day 9 begins with several curling events. American viewers can either stay up late or wake up very early to watch the U.S. men’s team take on Sweden at 3:05 a.m. EST. The U.S. women will take on China at 8:05 a.m. EST.
Team USA’s Cory Theisy (Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
On the mountain, the women’s alpine skiing giant slalom starts at 4 a.m. EST, followed by the medal competition at 7:30 a.m. EST. The women’s large mountain individual ski jumping final begins at 12:45 pm EST, with the medal event at 1:57 pm EST.
The freestyle skiing men’s dual mogul events begin at 4:31 a.m. EST. Americans Charlie Mikel and Landon Wendler square off at 4:46 a.m. EST. Team USA’s Dylan Walczyk takes on South Korea’s Lee Yoon-seung at 4:53 a.m. EST, while Team USA’s Nick Page takes on Finland’s Rasmus Karjalainen at 4:55 a.m. EST. The winners will then compete in the medal events scheduled for 5:46 am EST (bronze) and 5:48 am EST (gold and silver).
The men’s cross-country skiing final is at 6 a.m. EST. Biathlon (cross-country skiing + rifle shooting) begins at 5:15 a.m. EST for men and 8:45 a.m. EST for women. Both are medal events. Several mixed team snowboarding events begin at 8:40 am EST before the medal event at 7:45 am EST.
For figure skating, pair skating qualifiers begin at 1:45 p.m. EST. In speed skating, the men’s team pursuit quarterfinals are at 10 a.m. EST, while the women’s 500-meter final is at 11:03 a.m. EST.
Matt Boldi of Team USA (Credit: Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)
A heated rivalry. Fans can watch USA vs. Germany men’s ice hockey beginning at 3:10 p.m. EST. In day one, we’ll also get Switzerland vs. Czechia (6:10 a.m. EST), Canada vs. France (10:40 a.m. EST) and Denmark vs. Latvia (1:10 p.m. EST).
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On the ice tubes, the skeleton mixed team final is scheduled for noon EST. In day one, we’ll see the women’s bobsleigh monobob final at 4:00 a.m. EST and 5:50 a.m. EST.
Team USA’s Kelly Armbruster Humphreys (Credit: Frank Fife/AFP via Getty Images)
The full schedule is available at Olympics.com.
How to watch the 2026 Winter Olympics with a streaming service
Getting a streaming subscription is the easiest and most reliable way to watch the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games. However, if you’re against the idea of ​​paying for an entire month just to watch a few events, a VPN can help. We’ll explain both options below, starting with streaming.
In the US, the Winter Games are broadcast live on Moore. Ad-supported plans start at $7.99 per month, while ad-free Premium Plus costs $16.99 per month. One of the biggest benefits of subscribing to Peacock is multiview, which lets you watch four events simultaneously on a single screen. It is also the cheapest streaming option. YouTube TV and Hulu offer live TV streaming services with many of the same channels you’ll find with cable, but over the Internet instead of a cable box. YouTube TV’s base plan is normally $82.99 per month, but the platform is currently running a promo that allows first-time subscribers to get two months for $59.99 per month. Hulu, on the other hand, costs $89.99 per month.
How to Stream the 2026 Winter Olympics with a VPN
In the US, NBC signed a $3 billion deal to broadcast the Olympics through 2036, so that won’t make it easy to watch online for free. They mostly show you the 16 disciplines and highlights of the opening, closing, and medal ceremonies on NBCOlympics.com.
If you have an active VPN subscription, however, you can access some sites that stream games for free in other countries. This includes Australia’s 9Now, Canada’s CBC Gem, Ireland’s RTE Player, New Zealand’s Sky Go, and the UK’s BBC iPlayer and France TV for English speakers, Germany’s ZDF, Japan’s NHK One, and Mexico’s Claro Sports for non-English speakers.
Proton VPN is our top-rated VPN provider, although ExpressVPN also gets high marks for its location spoofing capabilities. For other options, check out our picks for the top VPN services.
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