The world's best skaters take the ice one more time on Thursday for the Women's Free Skate final at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

STAMFORD, Conn. – January 6, 2026 – Mike Tirico leads a roster of 84 commentators for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for Feb. 6-22 across NBC, Peacock, NBCSN, NBCUniversal’s digital platforms, and Versant’s CNBC and USA Network.

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This week of The Dealmaking 3 with “The Sports Professor” Rick Horrow features NBC Sports partnering with more than a dozen tech vendors to secure a seamless and complete coverage of the Milan Cortina Olympics,

Tonight’s Prime Time in Milan coverage gets underway with exciting action from the rink, with pairs free skating, bobsled, women’s big air, and much more from the 2026 Winter Olympics. NBC’s coverage starts at 5 p.

Their final begins at 1:10 p.m. ET. And Hailey Salvian has a great pullback on what makes this matchup so fun, even with the Americans favored: These teams, for decades, have just really not liked one another.

The BBC was forced to suddenly halt its Winter Olympics coverage on BBC One to broadcast a major news update. Presenter Hazel Irvine paused the sporting action as the broadcaster announced that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, leading to significant disruption for viewers during the Games.