Overview
- Eishockey star Leon Draisaitl and seven-time ski jumping world champion Katharina Schmid were confirmed by the DOSB as Germany’s flagbearers for the opening ceremony.
- Mixed-doubles curling started Wednesday in Cortina ahead of the formal opening, marking the first competition action of the Games.
- Organisers canceled Thursday’s women’s alpine training in Cortina due to persistent snowfall and the forecast, delaying on-snow preparations for the first women’s downhill race.
- Norway’s Fredrik Möller crashed during the first official downhill training on the Bormio/Stelvio course and was airlifted from the piste; Ryan Cochran-Siegle set the fastest time.
- Italian officials reported blocking cyberattacks they attributed to Russian actors against Games-linked sites, and Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler recorded an early positive doping test for letrozole.