Olympics: What Saturday brings

The first five medal events at the Winter Olympics in Italy are scheduled for Saturday.

February 07, 2026

From: cst

The men's downhill race is also the first chance for South Tyrol's winter sports athletes to win a medal. Dominik Paris has the Bormio descent Having already won six times, Florian Schieder made a strong impression in training. Swiss superstar Marco Odermatt and his compatriot Franjo von Allmen are also among the favorites.

From 11:35 am onwards, in slope style The qualifying round is underway. Maria Gasslitter (St. Ulrich) from South Tyrol is competing. Reaching the final is not out of the question. The women's skiathlon (1 p.m.), however, will take place without any South Tyrolean participants. The competition in Predazzo starts at 6:45 p.m. Ski jumping The women's competition starts on the normal hill. Jessica Malsiner (St. Ulrich) is competing. The top favorite is the dominant Slovenian, Nika Prevc.

No medal decision will be made in Ice hockey game The women's match between Italy and Sweden (2:40 p.m.). Five South Tyrolean players are in the Azzurre squad. Daniel Grassl is also playing. Figure skating team competition They will be in action in the short program (7:45 p.m.). Meanwhile, they want to lay the foundation for a top result. Artificial track sledderDominik Fischnaller, Leon Felderer, and Alex Gufler will compete in the first (5:00 PM) and second (6:32 PM) of a total of four runs. The men's singles competition will be decided on Sunday (5:00 PM/6:34 PM).