OPENING CEREMONY TODAY, FIGURE SKATING BEGINS AT MILANO CORTINA WINTER OLYMPICS

Workers drive a golf buggy outside a compound next to the San Siro Stadium during rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, at , in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., and ski cross racer Marielle Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., both Olympic gold-medallists, will carry the Canadian flag in Livigno.

Figure skating begins today in Milan with Day 1 of the team event. Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier lead off for Canada with the rhythm dance, followed by Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud in the pairs short program and Madeline Schizas in the women’s singles short program.

In Cortina, Canada’s mixed doubles curling team of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, unbeaten at 3-0, continues round-robin play against the United States.

Canadian alpine skiers are scheduled for downhill training, with the women training in Cortina d’Ampezzo at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre and the men on the Stelvio Ski Centre course in Bormio.

- The Canadian Press