NORTHERN ITALY — Thursday’s competitions at the Milan and Cortina Winter Olympics have gotten underway and all eyes are on a Rochester native.
Dylan Walczyk, a former Bristol Mountain athlete and Beijing Olympian, is competing in the finals for men’s moguls on Thursday. You can watch the finals live on Peacock. It started at 6:15 a.m. Eastern Time. You can also follow the results here.
Walczyk qualified for the finals after placing seventh in the preliminary round on Tuesday at Livigno Aerials & Moguls Snow Park. The top 10 of 30 athletes automatically qualified for the finals after Tuesday’s competition. Skiers who didn’t make it had a second chance to qualify on Thursday.
Team USA’s Nick Page also qualified for the finals, placing fifth. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima, a Beijing Bronze medalist, placed first in the qualifiers, being the only skier to break 80 points.
What’s next for Haley Winn and Team USA women’s hockey?
After winning all four of its games in the group stages, Team USA is moving on to the quarterfinals. The U.S. beat Canada 5-0 on Tuesday in a highly anticipated matchup between two of the strongest teams at the Olympics. One of those goals came off an assist from Rochester native Haley Winn.
Winn, a defender, is one of five Bishop Kearney graduates on the team. 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.
Team USA will take on Italy in the quarterfinals on Monday, Feb. 16, at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. It’s expected to start around 10:40 a.m. Eastern Time. Check back for more details on how to watch it.
When will Rochester’s Chris Lillis compete?
Chris Lillis, a Pittsford native who took home gold in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, doesn’t compete until the second full week. He will compete in the aerials qualifying round on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The aerials finals will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Lillis won gold in the aerial freestyle skiing team event and placed sixth in individual men’s aerials. Unlike Beijing, this year, he 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 children got into aerial skiing.
Other local connections to the Olympics
There are other Rochester connections to the Winter Olympics. Emily Renna, a Fairport native, has been chosen as an alternate athlete for women’s bobsled for Team USA. She finished fourth at the 2025 World Championships for the two-woman bobsleigh.
In addition, Erin Zach, a 2014 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, will serve as a linesperson for women’s hockey during the Olympics. She played hockey for RIT.
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