Jessie Diggins' fourth and final Olympic Games is officially underway. She's competing in the women's 10km + 10km skiathlon on Saturday.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland won the men's Downhill gold medal today in 1:51.

Lindsey Vonn survived her first downhill training run at the Milan Cortina Games a week after tearing her ACL.

• Let the games begin: Italian President Sergio Mattarella declared the 2026 Winter Olympics open. Two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina — have been lit, marking a first in the Winter Games’ history. Oh here we go, biggest cheer of the night goes to Mariah Carey! Out come the camera phones.

Four locations, one Olympic heartbeat. For the first time in Olympic Games history, Friday’s opening ceremony unfolded across multiple locations, all in northern Italy, the culmination of more than 700 hours of rehearsal and 1,

Greece, as always, will be the first country introduced in the Parade of Nations for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games,