We move on to the Gold Medal match in Women’s Hockey as the United States takes on Canada for a second time in this tournament. Despite it being a blowout victory for the United States last time, this match figures to be different this time. This is because Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada who is widely considered to be the best female hockey player in the world, is playing today. She did not play against the United States last time due to injury.

We turn to the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe as Jake Pates, Chase Josey, and Alessandro Barbieri are competing for the United States. We also move on to Women’s Hockey as the United States takes on Italy in the quarterfinals. Italy has the home crowd on their side, so the atmosphere is more tense compared to previous games.

It is Day 1 of the Winter Olympics 2026. The games will feel like that have truly begun after today.

For the first time, in a long time, the world will feel like is truly Winter Olympics is back. The last Winter Olympics in 2022 in Beijing, China was a disaster thanks to COVID-19 ravaging the planet and as a result, fans were banned from attending the games. Taking place in northern Italy, (the official name is “Milan-Cortina 2026” - however, other towns in Italy are hosting events in these Olympics) this is the first Winter Olympics since 2018 that fans will be able to attend the games and the first Winter Olympics hosted in Italy since the Torino 2006 games.