2026 Winter Olympics live updates: Shiffrin and Johnson team up in skiing; Team USA goes for curling gold
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What to know
- Medal events today include Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin teaming up in the women’s combined skiing, Shiffrin's first run of these Olympics. Alex Hall is also hoping to defend his title in the men’s slopestyle skiing.
- Team USA faces Sweden in the gold medal match of the mixed doubles curling. Plus, the U.S. women's hockey team faces rivals Canada in a Group A preliminary matchup, and catch Ilia Malinin and Max Naumov in the men's singles figure skating short program.
- Lindsey Vonn's Games are over, however, after she revealed that she’ll need multiple operations for the leg she broke in her devastating crash, which she said had “nothing to do” with her deciding to ski with a torn ACL.
- How to keep up with the Olympics: Stream every moment and every medal of the Games on Peacock. Read the latest updates and interact with our AI chatbot, OLI, on the Olympics hub. And catch up with the top athletes and day’s recaps by signing up for NBC News’ The Sports Desk newsletter.
U.S. cross-country women ski to sprint classic quarterfinals
Team USA’s cross-country skiers Jessie Diggins, Sammy Smith, Lauren Jortberg, and Julia Kern qualified for the sprint classic quarterfinals.
Johnson, Shiffrin lead after downhill run of the women's team combined
It's looking good for the blockbuster pairing of Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin. Johnson has set up Shiffrin with a narrow lead ahead of her run in the slalom later today.
Johnson's time of 1:36.59 was not quite as fast or as clean as her winning run on Sunday, but it does hand Shiffrin a 0.06-second advantage over Austria's pairing of Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber.
Team USA also holds fourth place after the downhill thanks to Jackie Wiles. She is looking for her first Olympic medal after narrowly missing out on downhill bronze on Sunday — her hopes now rest with her slalom teammate Paula Moltzan, who is ranked sixth in this season's FIS World Cup slalom rankings.
A reminder, this morning's downhill time will be combined with the times from the slalom run at 8 a.m. ET for each pair, with the fastest combined time winning gold.
Birthday girl Bella Wright bails out
Bella Wright celebrates her 29th birthday today. She is the third of the four Team USA skiers down the run this morning, but this will be a birthday run down the slopes to forget as an error seconds into her run sees her bail out.
Breezy Johnson's run of 1:36.59 remains the fastest of the morning so far, putting her narrowly ahead of Austria's Ariane Raedler and Italy's Laura Pirovano. Team USA's Jackie Wiles has the fourth fastest time, so she and partner Paula Moltzan are very much in contention for a medal.
Keely Cashman will be the final American down the course shortly.
Breezy Johnson goes fastest!
The American breezes into the lead!
A confident run from Johnson with a time of 1:36.59. That gives her and Mikaela Shiffrin a narrow lead of 0.06s.
Breezy Johnson competing today. Stefano Rellandini / AFP - Getty Images
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Here comes Breezy!
Breezy Johnson is at the top of the course and is ready to go. Can she back up her gold medal run from Sunday here? Let's see how she goes.
Italian great Soffia Goggia crashes but is okay
Soffia Goggia is down! She skids off early in her run, but she is fortunately quickly up on her feet.
Goggia crashes during her downhill run this morning. Marco Bertorello / AFP - Getty Images
The home crowd can't believe it. There won't be another Olympic medal today for Goggia, who won bronze on Sunday. And the brutal nature of this event means her teammate, Lara Della Mea, is now also out of medal contention.
Jackie Wiles goes third fastest for Team USA
It was crystal blue skies for the downhill race on Sunday, but it's not quite as glorious out there today with a tinge of grey in the sky.
Jackie Wiles is the first American down the course and she has gone third fastest. A time of 1:37.04 is solid and gives her partner, Paula Moltzan, a good platform to work with later on in the slalom. Wiles is looking for her first Olympic medal having just missed out on the podium on Sunday.
Austria's Ariane Raedler is the fastest down the course so far, posting a time of 1:36.65. Italy's downhill great Sofia Goggia, who won bronze on Sunday in the individual race, is up next and Breezy Johnson is due down the mountain shortly.
Women's team combined underway as Johnson, Shiffrin go for gold
We're underway on Cortina's famed Olympia delle Tofane with the downhill runs for the women's team combined event. France's Romane Miradoli sets the benchmark at 1:37.37. Breezy Johnson's winning time in Sunday's individual downhill was over a second quicker on this same course.
France's Romane Miradoli competing today. Marco Bertorello / AFP - Getty Images
Johnson, who is paired up with Mikaela Shiffrin in Team USA's headline pairing, will be the 14th competitor to lay down a time, so look out for her in around 30 minutes.
Before then, Jackie Wiles will look to get Team USA's other main medal-contending pairing off to a strong start. Wiles, who is teamed up with Paula Moltzan, is going to be the 8th racer down the course.
The slalom runs, which will include Shiffrin take place later in the day at 8 a.m. ET. The times for each run are combined to determine the winning pair.
When to watch
There are nine medal events today, with Mikaela Shiffrin racing in her first event of these Games and Alex Hall looking to defend his gold from Beijing on the slopes.
Team USA will also go for glory against Sweden in the gold medal match of the mixed doubles curling.
Tonight, Ilia Malinin will kick off his bid to win the men's singles figure skating title, and the U.S. women’s hockey team renews its rivalry with Canada.
All times are in Eastern, and asterisks mean it’s a medal event:
3:10 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic qualification
3:55 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic qualification
4:30 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s team combined downhill
4:30 a.m.: Speedskating, women’s 500-meter heats
5:10 a.m.: Speedskating, men’s 1,000-meter heats
5:15 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s moguls qualification
5:45 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, women’s sprint classic quarterfinals
5:59 a.m.: Speedskating, mixed team relay quarterfinals
6:10 a.m.: Women’s hockey, Japan vs. Sweden
6:15 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, men’s sprint classic quarterfinals
6:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s freeski slopestyle finals*
6:34 a.m.: Speedskating, mixed team relay, semifinals
6:45 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic semifinals
6:57 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic semifinals
7:03 a.m.: Speedskating, mixed team relay finals*
7:13 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic finals*
7:25 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic finals*
7:30 a.m.: Biathlon, men’s 20K individual
8 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s team combined slalom*
8:05 a.m.: Curling, mixed doubles bronze medal game*
8:15 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, women’s moguls qualifications
10:40 a.m.: Women’s hockey, Italy vs. Germany
11 a.m.: Luge, women’s singles run 3
12:05 p.m.: Curling, mixed doubles gold medal game*
12:30 p.m.: Figure skating, men’s single skate, short program
12:34 p.m.: Luge, women’s singles run 4*
12:45 p.m.: Ski jumping, mixed team, first round
2 p.m.: Ski jumping, mixed team, final round*
2:10 p.m.: Women’s hockey, USA vs. Canada
3:10 p.m.: Women’s hockey, Finland vs. Switzerland
Mikaela Shiffrin to make first appearance of these Games
This morning's action for Team USA is headlined by the U.S. women's alpine skiers returning to the slopes after Sunday's dramatic downhill event, which saw Lindsey Vonn's horrendous crash and Breezy Johnson take America's first gold of these Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin during the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Jan. Millo Moravski / Getty Images
Today is the women's team combined event, and we'll see Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful alpine skier of all time, make her Milan Cortina debut. She is teaming up with Johnson, and they will enter today's event as the favorites, having won gold in this event at last year's world championships.
A reminder of the format for this event — nations enter teams of two skiers, with one racing in a downhill run and another racing in the slalom, with the two times combined to give each team its overall time. Each country can enter a maximum of four pairs. It is a new event for these Games, replacing the old combined format where skiers would compete individually in both disciplines. It will be the downhill runs up first at 4:30 a.m. ET, so Johnson will be hoping to lay down a strong foundation ahead of Shiffrin's slalom run later on.
Team USA have four pairs competing. In addition to Johnson and Shiffrin, the pairing of Jackie Wiles — who finished just outside the medals in Sunday's downhill — and Paula Molzan could also contend for a position on the podium.
Team USA women’s hockey smothers Switzerland in 5-0 win
The U.S. women’s hockey team showed no signs of slowing down in yet another five-goal game, this time shutting out Switzerland 5-0 in a game that saw five different U.S. players score.
Lindsey Vonn says torn ACL ‘had nothing to do’ with crash at Olympics
Lindsey Vonn broke her silence last night after her brutal crash in Sunday's downhill final.
Posting on Instagram, Vonn said she suffered a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries to repair. The injury is on the same leg as her ruptured ACL, but she insisted that injury had nothing to do with her crash.Read the full story here.
