The 2026 Winter Olympics kick off Friday, Feb. 6, with events held across 15 venues in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The Winter Olympics are a bit of an enigma to most sports fans in the United States. The average person has seen hockey, the understand figure skating, and we get enough extreme sports through osmosis that the snowboard half pipe makes sense — but a lot of the events are more Euro-centric.

Team USA star skier Lindsey Vonn takes part in her first training session at the Winter Olympics, battling a serious injury two days before her first event.

The 2026 Winter Olympics officially kick off today with the opening ceremony in Milan. Find out when and where to watch: