The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina commenced with much fanfare on the 6th of February 2026 with ‘Armonia,’ the opening ceremony held at Stadio San Siro in Milan. The event will culminate on the 23rd with a closing ceremony. The event was first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
Events
The Winter Olympics consists of 16 sporting disciplines, of which the first five mentioned below were included in the inaugural event in 1924 –
- Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice hockey, Nordic skiing, Skating
- Alpine skiing
- Biathlon
- Cross‑country
- Skiing
- Figure Skating
- Freestyle Skiing
- Luge
- Nordic combined
- Short track
- Speed Skating
- Skeleton
- Ski jumping
- Snowboarding and Speed skating.
Venue
This year’s Winter Olympics is held in various venues across Lombardy and Northeast Italy. India, with its two athletes (Arif Mohammad Khan for Alpine Skiing and Stanzin Lundup for Cross-Country Skiing), is among the 13 odd participating nations.
Medal Tally
Here is the current medal tally on February 9, 2026, the third day of the Winter Olympics.
|
# |
Country |
G |
S |
B |
T |
|
1 |
Norway |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
2 |
United States |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Italy |
1 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
Japan |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
5 |
Austria |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
6 |
Germany |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
7 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
France |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Sweden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
10 |
Switzerland |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
*G = Gold; S = Silver; B = Bronze; T = Total
Where to Watch Live
You can catch the Winter Olympics 2026 in action by livestreaming on the JioHotstar app. Alternatively, free-to-air channels in Italy are telecasting it live, if you can access one. Meanwhile Sports18 and Viacom18 will offer live coverage of the Milano Cortina events in India.
Meanwhile you can catch the live on some unofficial channels on YouTube as well, like the one below
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