The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics’ early events continue today before Friday's opening ceremony. Curling began the action yesterday and continued today, with wins for the U.S., Canada, hosts Italy and Britain.

Savolainen is a veteran Olympian, who won two bronze medals with Team Finland in 2018 and 2022. This year’s Games will be her third, while her fiancé Kjellbin returns for her second Olympic games. Finland and Sweden are not scheduled to play each other in the Olympic preliminary rounds, but the couple will most likely face off in a medal round.

The USA routed Czechia 5-1 in their Olympics women's hockey opener. Hayley Scamurra scored twice and Hilary Knight had a goal.