Unless there is some kind of debacle on ice for either the U.S. or Canadian women’s hockey teams, these powerhouses are destined to meet for the gold medal. But they still have work to do Monday on Day 10 of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
The Americans and Canadians are heavily favored in their semifinal games and, if they win, will vie for the championship Thursday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and Canadian women’s curlers will try to keep making progress toward qualifying for the semifinals, and Japan seeks a first in the figure skating pairs competition.
Top events to watch
Alpine skiing: Men’s slalom (medal event)
Times: Run 1: 4 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. Italy time; Run 2: 7:30 a.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Atle Lie McGrath, favored to win the event, is seeking the gold medal in the wake of his beloved grandfather’s death on the same night as the opening ceremony for the 2026 Olympics.
Women’s ice hockey: U.S. vs. Sweden, semifinals
Times: 10:40 a.m. ET, 4:40 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The Americans have blown through five opponents by a combined score of 26-1. Caroline Harvey leads women’s hockey players at these Olympics with nine points, and teammates Alex Carpenter, Laila Edwards and Megan Keller each have six points. Goalkeeper Aerin Frankel has allowed one goal and has 44 saves for a .978 save percentage.
Sweden has a 20-2 goal differential in compiling a 5-0 record.
Marie-Philip Poulin, second from right, Saturday tied the record for goals in Winter Olympics women’s hockey. (Gregory Shamus / Getty Images)
Women’s ice hockey: Canada vs. Switzerland, semifinals
Times: 3:10 p.m. ET, 9:10 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The Canadians are 5-0 with a 24-2 goal differential. Sarah Fillier and Daryl Watts lead the team with six points each, and Julia Gosling has five. Switzerland lost to Canada 4-0 in a preliminary game.
Women’s freeski big air final (medal event)
Times: 1:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Defending gold medalist Eileen Gu, the San Francisco-born model and freestyle skier representing China, competes in the second of three freestyle events. She repeated as slopestyle silver medalist last Monday. Gu had the second-highest big air qualifying score (170.75), one point behind Canada’s Megan Oldham. This is the second consecutive Olympics in which Oldham has led big air qualifying; in 2022, she ended up fourth in the final.
Gu is the only woman entered in all three freestyle events at the Olympics. Competing in the big air final Monday will cost her one of the three training sessions available for the halfpipe, a scheduling conflict she called unfair.
Other events
Curling: China vs. Canada, women’s round-robin
Times: 3:05 a.m. ET, 9:05 a.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The Canadians will have to bounce back after two defeats Saturday dropped them to 1-3 and tied for eighth place in the 10-team tournament. Canada’s second loss Saturday was especially tough — a blown 4-0 lead and a stone-touching violation against skip Rachel Homan.
Canada has to start winning — only four of the 10 teams will advance to Friday’s semifinals.
Sweden leads the standings at 4-0 with Switzerland and the U.S. at 3-1.
Curling: U.S. vs. Italy, women’s round-robin
Times: 1:05 p.m. ET, 7:05 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: The Americans are 3-1 and appear in good shape to be among the top four in round-robin competition and reach the semifinals.
Curling: Japan vs. Canada, women’s round-robin
Times: 1:05 p.m. ET, 7:05 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Japan entered play Monday tied with Canada at 1-3, but this appears to be a winnable matchup for Canada, winner of the 2024 and 2025 world championships.
Ski jumping: Men’s super team (medal event)
Times: Trial round: noon ET, 6 p.m. in Italy; final round: 2:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Men’s super team is making its Olympic debut, replacing the traditional men’s team ski jumping event, although super team has been around since the 2022-23 World Cup season.
According to Olympics.com, each competing nation has “four athletes divided into four groups of one. The event consists of three jumps — a trial round and two competition rounds. The top eight teams from the second jump advance to the final.”
Bobsled: Women’s monobob (medal event)
Times: 1 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Entering Heat 3, Laura Nolte of Germany led the standings with a combined time of 1 minute, 59.12 seconds, fractions of a second ahead of United States athletes Elana Meyers Taylor (0.22 back) and Kaillie Humphries (0.31 out of first). Meyers Taylor, now 41, earned silver in this event in the 2022 Winter Olympics, and Humphries, now 40, is the defending Olympic champion.
Figure skating: Pairs free skate (medal event)
Times: 2 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. in Italy
TV: Peacock
What to watch for: Japan’s Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi are two-time world champions and entered the Olympics as among the favorites for gold. But after Sunday’s short program, they were in fifth place. Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany led after the short program.
