The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy, and a range of events are scheduled for today.
2026 Winter Olympics Schedule for Feb. 15: Must-Watch Events
Day nine kicks off with several curling events. American viewers can either stay up late or get up very early to watch the US men’s team face Sweden at 3:05 a.m. EST. The US women will compete against China at 8:05 a.m. EST.
Cory Thiesse of Team USA (Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
On the mountain, the women’s alpine skiing giant slalom begins at 4 a.m. EST, with a medal event following at 7:30 a.m. EST. Women’s large hill individual ski jumping finals start at 12:45 p.m. EST, with the medal event at 1:57 p.m. EST.
Freestyle skiing men’s dual mogul events start at 4:31 a.m. EST. Americans Charlie Mickel and Landon Wendler compete at 4:46 a.m. EST. Team USA’s Dylan Walczyk is up against South Korea’s Lee Yoon-seung at 4:53 a.m. EST, while Team USA’s Nick Page competes against Finland’s Rasmus Karjalainen at 4:55 a.m. EST. Winners will then face off in medal events scheduled for 5:46 a.m. EST (bronze) and 5:48 a.m. EST (gold and silver).
The men’s cross-country skiing final is at 6 a.m. EST. The biathlon (cross-country skiing + rifle shooting) begins at 5:15 a.m. EST for the men and 8:45 a.m. EST for the women; both are medal events. Several mixed team snowboarding events begin at 7:45 a.m. EST ahead of the 8:40 a.m. EST medal event.
For figure skating, the pair skating qualifiers begin at 1:45 p.m. EST. On speed skating, the men’s team pursuit quarter final is at 10 a.m. EST, while the women’s 500m final is at 11:03 a.m. EST.
Matt Boldy of Team USA (Credit: Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)
Heated Rivalry fans can tune into the US vs. Germany men’s ice hockey preliminaries at 3:10 p.m. EST. Earlier in the day, 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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Over on the ice tubes, the skeleton mixed team final is scheduled for noon EST. Earlier in the day, we’ll see the women’s bobsleigh monobob finals at 4 a.m. EST and 5:50 a.m. EST.
Team USA’s Kaillie Armbruster Humphries (Credit: Franck FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)
The full schedule is available on 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 a full month just to catch a few events, a VPN can help. We will explain both options below, starting with streaming.
In the US, the Winter Games are streaming live on Peacock. Ad-supported plans start at $7.99 per month, while the ad-free Premium Plus costs $16.99 per month. One of the biggest perks of subscribing to Peacock is multi-view, which lets you watch up to four events on a single screen at once. It’s also the cheapest streaming option. YouTube TV and Hulu offer live TV streaming services with many of the same channels you would get with cable, but over the internet instead of a cable box. YouTube TV’s Base Plan usually is $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 air the Olympics through 2036, so it’s not going to make it easy to watch online for free. They mostly throw you a bone on NBCOlympics.com with highlights from the 16 disciplines and the opening, closing, and medal ceremonies.
If you have an active VPN subscription, however, you can access some sites streaming the Games for free in other countries. That includes Australia’s 9Now, Canada’s CBC Gem, Ireland’s RTE Player, New Zealand’s Sky Go, and the UK’s BBC iPlayer for English speakers and France TV, Germany’s ZDF, Japan’s NHK One, and Mexico’s Claro Sports for non-English speakers.
Proton VPN is our top-rated VPN provider, though ExpressVPN also earns high marks for its location-spoofing capabilities. For other options, check out our picks for top VPN services.
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