Reigning Olympic and world champions Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini will be the first Italia Team athletes to compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

The golden mixed-doubles pair from Beijing four years ago will make their debut on Thursday 5 February at 10:05 in the round robin at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium against South Korea. At 19:05, the Italian duo (photo by Simone Ferraro/CONI), who arrive at these Games on a remarkable 22-match winning streak, will return to the ice to face Canada in their second match of the day.

At 14:40, attention will also turn to the Italian women’s ice hockey team, who will face France in their opening Group B match at the Milan Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena.

“Training sessions since our arrival in Milan have gone well. I see the girls fully focused and, above all, able to avoid the distractions that inevitably come with such a unique setting. Our focus is entirely on hockey: we are a family and we think only about ourselves. We are not looking at anything else or at our opponents – we just want to give everything to show the quality of this group,” said defender and captain Nadia Mattivi.

For the women’s national team, as with the men’s side – who will make their debut against Sweden at 21:10 on Wednesday 11 February – this marks a historic return to the Olympic stage, 20 years after the last home Games in Turin 2006.

Later in the evening, from 19:30, there will also be space for young snowboarder Ian Matteoli, who will compete in the men’s big air qualifiers at the Livigno Snow Park.