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Winter Olympics 2026 live updates: U.S. women play hockey, Ilia Malinin skates for first time

The opening ceremony’s over and the action is picking up! The first medals will be awarded today and we’ll (hopefully) see Team USA again in women’s hockey.

Here’s the guide to what’s on today, all times Eastern. Potential medal events have an asterisk.

4:05 a.m.: curling, mixed doubles round-robin (Great Britain vs. Canada, Switzerland vs. Sweden)

6:10 a.m.: women’s hockey, pool play (Germany vs. Japan)

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8:35 a.m.: curling, mixed doubles round-robin (Estonia vs. Norway, Korea vs. Czechia, Sweden vs. Italy, USA vs. Great Britain)

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8:40 a.m.: women’s hockey, pool play (Sweden vs. Italy)

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10 a.m.: speedskating, women’s 3,000 meters*

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10:40 a.m.: women’s hockey, pool play (USA vs. Finland)

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11 a.m.: luge, men’s single run 1

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12:32 p.m.: luge, men’s single run 2

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12:45 p.m.: ski jumping, women’s normal hill individual first round

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1:05 p.m.: curling, mixed doubles round-robin (Korea vs. USA, Canada vs. Estonia, Czechia vs. Switzerland, Norway vs. Italy)

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1:30 p.m.: snowboard, men’s big air final*

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1:45 p.m.: figure skating, team event, men’s single 

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1:57 p.m.: ski jumping, women’s normal hill individual, final round*

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3:10 p.m.: women’s hockey, pool play (Canada vs. Switzerland)

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4:05 p.m.: figure skating, team event, ice dance

Social Media Asia Editor

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