By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Estonia's Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill made history on Thursday by recording their country's first-ever Olympic curling victory, but the pioneering pair are already hungry for more success at the Milano Cortina Games.

From hockey to ski mountaineering, here's everything you need to know to watch every event at the 2026 Winter Games.

While the opening ceremony isn't until Friday, the first event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics takes place today. Curling kicked off the competitive action with four mixed doubles matches, while there were training runs for the alpine skiers and training in the men's luge this evening.

Thursday evening’s mixed doubles round-robin session saw some exciting and dramatic results. Defending Olympic champions Italy went down to their first defeat, at the hands of Canada; Estonia recorded their first ever Olympic with victory over Sweden;

Coverage of France v Japan in the women's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony from Milano Cortina 2026, taking place at the San Siro Stadium. Coverage of the curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics as Team GB play Sweden.

Americans who top the podium at the Milan Cortina Games will be in line for a $37,500 bonus. Their competitors could collect as much as $800,000.

Women accounted for 45% of all competitors at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, up from 41% at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games in South Korea. Women currently make up 45% of the Milano Cortina 2026 senior leadership and 55% of the volunteer applications were from women.

A brief power issue paused opening curling matches and luge training sessions Wednesday at the Winter Olympics in Italy.