Alpine skiing events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics begin with training sessions on February 4, featuring top athletes like Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn from Team USA. The competitions, held across challenging slopes in Bormio and Cortina d'Ampezzo, include 10 medal events from downhill to slalom. Viewers in the US can stream all events live on Peacock, with select broadcasts on NBC and USA Network.
Alpine skiing returns to the Winter Olympics program, which it joined in 1936, with 10 events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games: men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and the new team combined event replacing the mixed parallel from Beijing 2022. Men's races take place at the demanding Stelvio slope in Bormio, while women's events occur on the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Training starts February 4 for men's downhill, with the first medal event—the men's downhill—on February 7 at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Team USA fields 17 athletes, including 30-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin from Edwards, Colorado, who holds a record 108 World Cup wins and two Olympic golds but seeks redemption after a medal-less Beijing 2022. Shiffrin plans to compete in fewer events this time, having rediscovered joy in skiing post her father's 2020 death. At 41, Lindsey Vonn from Vail, Colorado, returns for her fifth Olympics despite a January 30 ACL tear in her left knee; she confirmed on February 3, "I'm confident I'll be able to ski in the downhill on February 8." Other key Americans include Ryan Cochran-Siegle, silver medalist in super-G at Beijing, and Breezy Johnson.
International favorites include Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, leading World Cup standings in downhill, giant slalom, and super-G, and Italy's Sofia Goggia, a downhill gold medalist from 2018, aiming for home glory. Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen eyes history as the first South American Winter Olympic medalist in technical events.
The full schedule spans February 7-18, with giant slalom and slalom featuring two runs each. All events stream live on Peacock in the US, with TV coverage on USA Network and NBC for select races. Globally, free streams are available via services like BBC iPlayer in the UK and CBC Gem in Canada, accessible with a VPN.