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.

The United States Women’s Hockey team is taking on Sweden in the semifinals of the hockey tournament.

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.

The United States looks to acquire more medals today after winning the women’s downhill in alpine skiing and the team event in figure skating.

The United States Women’s Hockey team took on Switzerland in pursuit of a 3-0 start in Group play. The United States scored with just 13:57 into the game as the Boston Fleets of the PWHL Haley Winn score to make it 1-0. United States continued to outshoot their opponents by a wide margin in this Women’s Hockey tournament.

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

This is Day -1 of the 2026 Winter Olympics and the start of this blog’s coverage of the Olympics.