The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy are officially underway as competition picks up speed on Day 1 today. After yesterday’s opening ceremony, there is a full schedule of events today, with gold medals on the line in men’s and women’s downhill skiing,

Swiss racer Franjo von Allmen leads the Olympic downhill Saturday after the opening 15 racers and is on the brink of winning the first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games.

Carved into the pale limestone amphitheatre of the Italian Dolomites, the Olimpia delle Tofane descends toward Cortina d’Ampezzo like a ribbon of alpine history - a slope where speed, risk and mythology converge.

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By Martyn Herman BORMIO, Italy, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Italy's speed team laid down a marker on the second training day for the Olympic downhill as Mattia Casse, Florian Schieder and Giovanni Franzoni stepped on the gas to set the three quickest times on Thursday.