Connecticut will have a number of athletes competing for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Here’s a breakdown of who’s competing, when, and where you can watch them on TV or streaming.
Austin Florian
Sport: Skeleton
CT connection: Lives in Southington
Dates competing: Feb. 12-13, 15
Schedule:
Feb. 12: Heat 1, 3:30 a.m., Peacock; Heats 1-2, 1:45 p.m., USA
Feb. 13: Heat 3, 1:30 p.m., Peacock; Heats 3-4, medals finals, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 15: Mixed team, noon, Peacock; 1:15 p.m., NBC
Emily Sweeney of Suffield brakes after her third run during the women’s luge final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Emily Fischnaller
Sport: Luge
CT connection: Grew up in Suffield, went to Suffield High School
Dates competing: Feb. 9, 10
Schedule:
Feb. 9: Run 1, 11 a.m., Peacock and USA; Run 2, 1 p.m., Peacock and USA; re-air: 8 p.m., USA
Feb. 10 Run 3, 11 a.m., Peacock and USA; Medal run, 12:45 p.m., NBC; re-air of Run 3 and medal run: 5:30 p.m., USA
Mac Forehand of the United States competes during the men’s freestyle skiing big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Mac Forehand
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
CT connection: Grew up in Fairfield
Dates competing: Feb 7, 10, 15, 17
Schedule:
Feb. 7: Slopestyle, 8 a.m., Peacock and NBC; re-air at 1 p.m., USA
Feb. 10: Slopestyle medal finals, 6:30 a.m., Peacock and USA, re-air at noon, NBC
Feb. 15: Big Air qualifying, 1:30 p.m., Peacock, 1:40 p.m., NBC
Feb. 17: Big Air medal finals, 1:30 p.m., Peacock and NBC
United States’ Olivia Giaccio competes in the women’s moguls qualifying at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Olivia Giaccio
CT connection: Grew up in Redding
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Dates competing: Feb 10, 11
Schedule:
Feb. 10: Moguls, qualifying, 8:15 a.m., Peacock, re-air at 10:30 a.m.
Feb. 11: Qualifying, 5 a.m., Peacock; qualifying, 7:30 a.m., USA; medal finals, 8:15 a.m., Peacock and USA, final re-airs noon, NBC
Hilary Knight
Sport: Women’s Ice Hockey
CT connection: Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford
Dates competing: Feb. 5-19
Schedule:
Feb. 5: Scored a goal as U.S. defeated Czechia, 5-1, in opening game. Re-air: Feb. 6, 10:30 a.m., USA
Feb. 7, USA vs. Finland, 10:40 a.m., USA re-air 6 p.m., 11 p.m., USA
Feb. 9, USA vs. Switzerland, 2:40 p.m., USA; re-air 11 p.m., USA
Feb. 10, USA vs. Canada, 2:10 p.m., USA; re-air 11 p.m., USA
Maxim Naumov
Sport: Figure Skating
CT connection: Born in Hartford, grew up in Simsbury, went to Simsbury High
Dates competing: Feb. 10, 13
Schedule:
Feb. 10: Short program, 12:30 p.m., Peacock and USA
Feb. 13: Free skate, 1 p.m., Peacock and USA, medal round, 3 p.m., Peacock and USA
Kristen Santos, who grew up in Fairfield, competes in the women’s 500-meter finals during the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials Dec. 17 in Utah.
Kristen Santos-Griswold
Sport: Speed Skating
CT connection: Grew up in Fairfield, Fairfield Warde graduate
Dates competing: Feb. 10-20
Schedule:
Feb. 10: 500 heats and mixed team relay qualifying, medal final, 4:30 a.m., Peacock, 11:30 a.m., USA
Feb. 12: 500 medal final, 2:15 p.m., USA; 2:55 p.m., NBC
Feb. 14: 1,000 meters heats, 2:15 p.m., Peacock
Feb. 16: 1,000 meter medal finals, 5 a.m., Peacock; 6:35 a.m., USA; 12:45 p.m., USA
Feb. 18: 3,000-meter relay medal finals, 2:15 p.m., Peacock; 2:30 p.m., USA
Feb. 20: 1,500 meter heats, 10:30 a.m., Peacock; 11 a.m., USA; 1 p.m., NBC; 1,500 meter medal final, 2:15 p.m, Peacock and USA
Tage Thompson
Sport: Men’s Ice Hockey
CT connection: Went to UConn
Dates competing: Feb. 12-22
Schedule:
Feb. 12, USA vs. Latvia, 3:10 p.m., USA; 11 p.m. re-air, USA
Feb. 14, USA vs. Denmark, 3:10 p.m., USA; 11 p.m. re-air, USA
Feb. 15, USA vs. Germany, 3:10 p.m., USA; 11 p.m. re-air, USA
International athletes with CT ties
Devon Toews, Team Canada men’s hockey (Quinnipiac alum)
Jade Barbirati, Team France women’s hockey (current Quinnipiac athlete)
Amie Varano, Team Italy women’s hockey (Sacred Heart alum)
Rei Halloran, Team Japan women’s hockey (Wesleyan alum)
Marta Mazzochi Team Italy women’s hockey (current Trinity athlete)