MILAN — It’s the countdown until the start of the Milan and Cortina Winter Olympics. Competition kicks off on Wednesday and the opening ceremony is on Friday.
News10NBC is your home for the Winter Olympics. We will be tracking local athletes and some of the biggest stories from the games. Here’s what you need to know.
How to watch the opening ceremony
Nearly 3,000 of the world’s top winter athletes will be celebrated at San Siro, Milan’s main soccer stadium, on Friday, Feb. 6. The opening ceremony will feature all kinds of entertainment, including performances from Mariah Carey and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and the iconic Parade of Nations.
Live coverage of the ceremony will start at 2 p.m. Eastern Time and is expected to last around three hours. You can watch it on NBC or stream it on Peacock. NBC will also have a primetime encore of the opening ceremony starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
Curling, hockey group stages, and some other events will begin ahead of the opening ceremony. You can see the schedule and learn how to watch here. Competition will run until the closing ceremony, which takes place on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Local athletes to watch
Three athletes from the Rochester area have been selected to represent Team USA for the 2026 Winter Olympics. One of those is Chris Lillis, a Pittsford native who took home gold in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Lillis won gold in the aerial freestyle skiing team event and placed sixth in individual men’s aerials. Unlike Beijing, this year, Lillis will get to compete in front of fans and interact with other athletes without worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic. News10NBC spoke with Lillis about how he got into aerial skiing and how he’s preparing to compete. We also spoke with Lillis’ parents about how their other children got into aerial skiing.
In addition, Dylan Walczyk, a former Bristol Mountain athlete, will compete in men’s moguls and men’s dual moguls. The 32-year-old Rochester native also competed in the Beijing Olympics, where he placed 16th in moguls. See News10NBC coverage of his competition in Beijing here.
Walczyk placed 12th in moguls and 16th in dual moguls during this year’s world championship. He’s finished as high as 8th place for moguls during world championships, according to his Team USA bio.
For women’s hockey, the roster includes five Bishop Kearney graduates, including Rochester native and defender Haley Winn. The other four graduates are Caroline Harvey (defender) of New Hampshire, Laila Edwards (forward) of Ohio, Kirsten Simms (forward) of Michigan, and Ava McNaughton (goalie) of Pennsylvania. You can read more about them here.
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