Tvery many emotions today for Italian athletes at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics chasing more medals. Over the course of the day Nine finals will be played and, one of the most awaited, is that of short mixed relay with Arianna Fontana and the dream of conquering his twelfth medal Olympic. Sofia Goggia is also back on track in the mixed combined together with the slalomist Laura Della Mea.
Great anticipation too Federico Pellegrinotwice silver at previous Olympics, in cross-country skiing sprinting. Tommaso Giacomel instead – silver in mixed biathlon relay last Friday – is chasing another medal in the men’s 20km biathlon scheduled in Anterselva. The Italian curling pair will instead compete against Great Britain for the bronze.
The Italians competing today at the 2026 Olympics: races 10 February. Arianna Fontana looking for a historic medal in short track, time and where to see them
Short track and speed skater, Arianna Fontana was born in 1990 in Sondrio and, throughout his career, he won an impressive 11 medals at the Games. Becoming like this the most medaled Italian athlete ever at the Winter Olympics. (The record belongs to the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti with 13).
Double Olympic gold in the 500 meters at Pyeonchang 2018 and Beijing 2022, Arianna is ready to write another page of history and win more medals. The first appointment is at 10.30 with the qualifying heats of the short track 500m, then at 11.53 the quarterfinals of the mixed relay. Races that will be broadcast live on Rai 2RaiPlay and the Eurosport, Discovery+, DAZN, HBO Max, TIMVision and Prime Video platforms.
Also in the morning, at 1.30 pm, Tommaso Giacomel will compete in the 20km individual biathlon. Also up for grabs in the day’s programme medals in the women’s singles luge and in ski jumping with the mixed team test.
The skater Arianna Fontana. (Getty Images)
Italy curling for bronze, Sofia Goggia in the combined and sprint cross-country skiing with Federico Pellegrino
After the defeat yesterday against the American team, the mixed curling couple Amos Mosaner and Stefania Costantini he recharged his batteries and is ready to challenge Great Britain for Olympic bronze. A race that promises to be exciting and which will be broadcast at 2.00 pm. Always live, on Rai 2RaiPlay and the Eurosport, Discovery+, DAZN, HBO Max, TIMVision and Prime Video platforms.
After the bronze won on Sunday, Sofia Goggia is looking for another medal in the mixed combined female together with Laura Della Mea. At 10.30, the Italian champion will return to the Olympia delle Tofane while the slalom racer will descend at 2.00 pm. As with yesterday’s men’s combined, we will compete in pairswith each downhill skier paired with a slalom skier from their own country, and the sum of the respective times will decide the winners.
Italian cross-country skier winner of two Olympic silver medalsand two World Cups in his career, Federico Pellegrino is also looking for a historic medal. And this time maybe the most precious metal. His match will begin at 12.15 with the quarterfinalsthen (in case of qualification) Federico will return to the track at 1.00 pm for the semi-final. The final is scheduled for around 1.30pm.
The Italian cross-country skier Federico Pellegrino. (Getty Images)
Today’s other races and the Italians chasing medals at the 2026 Olympics:
10.30am Short track – 500m women, heats (Chiara Betti, Arianna Fontana, Arianna Sighel)
10.30 Alpine skiing – Combined downhill for women’s teams downhill (Nicol Delago, Nadia Delago, Sofia Goggia, Laura Pirovano)
11.45 Cross-country skiing – Women’s sprint, quarter-finals (eventually Federica Cassol, Iris De Martin Pinter, Caterina Ganz, Nicole Monsorno)
11.53 Short track – Mixed relay, quarters (Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Thomas Nadalini, Arianna Sighel, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser)
12.15 Cross-country skiing – Men’s sprint, quarter-finals (possibly Elia Barp, Simone Daprà, Simone Mocellini, Federico Pellegrino)
12.23 Short track: Mixed relay, semi-finals (possibly Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Thomas Nadalini, Arianna Sighel, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser)
12.45 Cross-country skiing: women’s sprint, semifinal (possibly Federica Cassol, Iris De Martin Pinter, Caterina Ganz, Nicole Monsorno)
12.48 Short track: Mixed relay, final B (possibly Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Thomas Nadalini, Arianna Sighel, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser)
12.56 Short track: Mixed relay, final A (possibly Chiara Betti, Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Thomas Nadalini, Arianna Sighel, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser)
12.57 Cross-country skiing: men’s sprint, semifinal (possibly Elia Barp, Simone Daprà, Simone Mocellini, Federico Pellegrino)
1.13pm Cross-country skiing: women’s sprint, final (possibly Federica Cassol, Iris De Martin Pinter, Caterina Ganz, Nicole Monsorno)
1.25pm Cross-country skiing: men’s sprint, final (possibly Elia Barp, Simone Daprà, Simone Mocellini, Federico Pellegrino)
1.30pm Biathlon: Individual 20km men (Patrick Braunhofer, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Nicola Romanin, Elia Zeni)
2.00pm Alpine skiing – Combined downhill women’s team slalom – (D’Antonio, Della Mea, Peterlini, Trocker)
2.05pm Curling: Mixed doubles, final for bronze (Stefania Constantini, Amos Mosaner)
6.30pm Figure skating: Men’s singles, short program (Daniel Grassl, Matteo Rizzo)
