A look at and preview of the Speed Skating competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with international speed skating broadcaster, and expert, Gavin Day.

It’s a stacked field of emerging superstars, and Gavin says Jordan Stolz from America could be one of the stories of the Games, along with his battle with the Netherlands' Jenning de Boo.

Also chats about the women’s fields, with Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida a name to be familiar with, and Dutch stars Femke Kok, Suzanne Schulting, Joy Beune and Jutta Leerdam, as well as Japan’s Yoshida Yukino, Takagi Miho, USA’s Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe, Korea’s Lee Na-Hyun and Norway’s Ragne Wiklund among others to keep an eye on.

Further in the men’s field, names to watch include Damien Zurek from Poland, Ning Zhongyan from China, Kjeld Nuis and Stijn van de Bunt from Holland and Italian hope Daniele di Stefano.

Events will take place at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium, in the north west of Milan. It’s a temporary facility, converted from an exhibition centre.

Competition starts on Saturday February 7 with the Women's 3000m and finishes on Saturday February 21 with the Women's Mass Start Final.

A preview of the ice hockey tournaments at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with international and NHL hockey reporter and expert Alan Adams.

Alan chats through the logistics of getting the NHL players back to the Olympics, and previews the men’s tournament, identifying Canada’s relative issues in goaltending, and the ‘battle of inches’ between the USA and Canada, who he says have built their rosters to be able to even just beat each other. Says it's exciting to be watching players like Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, the Tkachuk brothers and Leon Draisaitl of Germany at the Olympics again.

Says Sweden could win the men’s tournament and have the balance to win, but that Canada and the USA are the premier teams. Says then comes Sweden, and then the rest including Finland who he says you wouldn’t want to be playing in knockouts because they could ride great goaltending and grind a team into the dust, not make many mistakes and create big surprises in a low-scoring game.

Added Czech Republic is somewhat resurgent but don’t have the depth to go the distance against the premier teams just yet.

Covers the differences between NHL and IIHF hockey, highlights a potentially interesting quirk with the refereeing in some games, and dismisses any issues in ice size.

On the Women’s side, praises the Professional Women’s Hockey League and what that is doing to the level of the sport, but says it will still be a Canada v USA final, and expect some of the best hockey you will ever see.

Adds that Canada has gone for a settled and experienced roster and with hope that Marie Philip-Poulin can carry them to great heights again given her remarkable ‘determination to win’. 

Says the USA has a really good program, great feeder system and NCAA talent, but with the PWHL, it’ll be interesting to see what impact the lack of being able to centralise for a year ahead of the Games has.

On Hilary Knight, Alan says she has been the face of the US program since just about day one and continues to be among the best in the world, as well as the ability to produce in the big games.

Says Czech Republic are getting better, Sweden and Finland are taking a while to meet the higher level,  but will get there with the right investment, and beyond that, it’s tough for the rest to put themselves in the frame.

Also discusses some of his favourite Olympic hockey moments, including Canada v Poland at Calgary 1988 and having Mats Naslund’s gold medal in his mouth just after the final between Sweden and Canada in 1994.

Australia hasn’t qualified for either the women’s or men’s tournaments. 

The women's hockey tournament at Milano Cortina begins on Thursday the 5th of February and the men’s starts on Wednesday the 11th of February.

A look at the Biathlon competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with Australian biathlete Darcie Morton.

The wider Australian team for the Winter Olympics has been named, and Darcie is set to make her Olympic Games debut in Italy, having secured Australia a spot at the Aterselva Biathlon Arena in Antholz.

Becoming the first Australian Biathlon competitor at a Games since Sochi 2014, Darcie chats about her journey in the sport, her battle to achieve qualification, the unique features of biathlon, what she expects from the venue in Antholz, and some of the major names to keep an eye on at Milano Cortina.

The Biathlon competition starts with the Mixed Relay event on Sunday the 8th of February and ends on Saturday the 21st with the Women’s 12.5km mass start.

A preview of the Short Track Speed Skating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with international freelance sports reporter and a Director at AMP Media, Nick Moore.

Nick runs through why he loves the sport, how he developed a unique understanding of the athletes and personalities involved, and what to watch out for in Milano.

Chats: The big presence and wonderful rise of William Dandjinou from Canada, and the challenge from his teammate Steven Dubois.

Australia's Brendan Corey and his chances of success, following in the footsteps of Steven Bradbury.

Italy's Pietro Sighel and Jens van 't Wout from the Netherlands, whom he describes as 'a real rocker' and someone to be excited about watching take on Dandjinou.

On the women's side, Italy's legendary Arianna Fontana and he bid at a sixth Olympic Winter Games.

Dutch star Suzanne Schulting and the big programs she has been running across short track and speed skating, as well as the young Xandra Velzeboer and how impressive she is in the 500m, in particular.

Kristen Santos Griswold and Corinne Stoddard from the USA, Choi Min Jeong and Kim Gil-li from Korea, Hanne Desmet from Belgium and Canada's Courtney Sarault.

And an insight into the venue, the Milano Ice Skating Arena, at the Unipol Forum, in Assago, Milan.

Short Track Speed Skating starts at Milano-Cortina 2026 on Tuesday the 10th of February.

A preview of the Curling competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with international curling commentator and expert, John Cullen.

John chats about what makes curling one of the great sports at the Winter Olympics, why he loves the game, what to keep a close eye on, and takes us through the infamous Rumble at High Park curling scandal.

The Australian mixed doubles team of Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt had just missed out on qualification for Milan, and John runs through the who's who in Italy, including Estonia's Mixed Doubles pairing Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill, Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant and Italy's Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini.

The incredible form of Canada's Rachel Homan and the pressure that comes with the expectation.

The experience and personality of Canada's Brad Jacobs in the Men's Fours and continuity with Mark Kennedy and Ben Hebert.

An open men's field, including Great Britain and Scotland's Bruce Mouat, Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland, and strong teams from China, Norway and Sweden, as well as the energy from USA and Daniel Casper.

Curling starts on Wednesday the 4th of February at the Cortina Curling Olympic Centre.

A look at and preview of the Cross-Country Skiing competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, being skied at Tesero in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

Guests: Australian Cross-Country skier Rosie Fordham who chats about her incredible rise to be pushing the best skiers in the world, and breaking new ground for the sport in Australia.

Cross-Country and Nordic Skiing journalist and analyst John Teaford from FasterSkier.com, who runs through the major names to keep an eye on at Milano Cortina, including Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Einar Hedegart, Federico Pelligrino, Jonna Sundling, Ebba Andersson and a detailed analysis of what makes Jessie Diggins so remarkable.

John also chats about his incredible career as a writer, director and producer, and shares some tales from travelling to some of the most incredible winter landscapes in the world while working on the Warren Miller Ski Films.

Chatting all things alpine skiing ahead of the Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina, with an Australian preview angle too.

Guests: Australian Olympic Skier and 2026 hopeful Harry Laidlaw.

AMP Media Director Luke Norman, who covers the FIS World Cup circuit, chatting about the terrain in Italy and some of the superstars to watch, including Marco Odermatt, Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn.