2026 Winter Olympics will be broadcast on Suspilne Sport, Pershy Kanal and local channels of Suspilne

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy) will be broadcast on the platforms of the Public Broadcaster Suspilne Sport, First Channel, and local channels of Suspilne.

"This week the long-awaited winter event of the quadrennium starts — the XXV Winter Olympic Games – 2026, which will officially begin with the opening ceremony on Friday, February 6. Exclusive broadcast of the event will be provided by Suspilne platforms: First Channel of Suspilne, Suspilne Sport platforms, as well as local channels of Suspilne," the broadcaster’s statement reads.

It is noted that on these platforms Suspilne will accompany the competitions daily with a full studio cycle — from morning announcements to summaries of the competition day.

In particular, the Olympic Studio will provide viewers with operational news, live reports from correspondents from five clusters in Italy where the starts will take place, competition results, as well as expert commentary and key moments of the competition day.

"Suspilne Sport is the official broadcaster of the Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Ukraine, which will provide viewers with live broadcasts of competitions, in particular with priority on performances of Ukrainian athletes, operational news, exclusive comments from competition participants and analytics from the scene," the statement reads.

The competition day of Olympiad-2026 on Suspilne will begin with the morning Olympic Studio, which will air 30 minutes before the start of competitions; on weekdays it will last 30 minutes, on weekends — longer. The approximate start time is 10:30, however depending on the schedule the studio may start earlier — at 10:00 or 9:30.

Also during the day the relay will be picked up by the daytime Olympic Studio on Suspilne Sport and local channels of Suspilne. The time of its broadcast and timing will remain flexible — the studio will start no earlier than 16:30 and will last depending on the course of competitions.

"If several competitions are taking place in Italy in parallel — this studio is made so that no one misses anything important — we move from event to event," the statement reads.

In addition, the evening Olympic Studio will operate on the First Channel of the Public Broadcaster, Suspilne Sport platforms, as well as local channels of Suspilne. In particular, on the First Channel it will air at 21:40, except for Thursdays February 12 and 19 — then at 23:00. On Suspilne Sport platforms the studio will start after the completion of competitions, usually at midnight.

In addition to studio broadcasts, a video digest "Olympiad in 500 Seconds" will be released every morning on the Suspilne Sport YouTube channel.

As reported, at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games (February 6-22) in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy), athletes will compete for 195 medals in 16 Olympic sports.

Ukraine at the Games will be represented by 46 athletes who won licenses in 11 winter sports: biathlon (10 people), alpine skiing (2), Nordic combined (2), cross-country skiing (6), luge (10), skeleton (1), snowboarding (1), ski jumping (2), freestyle (9), figure skating (1), short track (2). The composition of the official delegation of the national team of Ukraine includes 103 people, of which 46 male and female athletes, 42 coaches, doctors, masseurs and other technical personnel, 15 members of the staff of the national team of Ukraine.

Previously, President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine Vadym Guttsait stated that he expects that at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy Ukraine will perform successfully, as at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (France). Ukraine with 12 awards took 22nd position in the medal standings of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Minister of Youth and Sports Matviy Bidny said Ukraine will be happy with any victories of Ukrainian athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics. At the same time, he added that at all recent Winter Olympic Games Ukraine won a maximum of one medal each, so this can be extrapolated to today’s conditions.