Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen won the men’s downhill in Bormio to earn the first gold medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. (Photo: AP)

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday.

The Italian is an alpine ski legend in her own right and had the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron in Cortina during Friday's Opening Ceremony. At the Beijing Olympics four years ago, she won silver in the downhill, a mere 23 days after partially tearing the ACL in her left knee in a crash in Cortina.

Canada has downed Switzerland in its first hockey game of the women's Olympic tournament at Rho Arena in Milan, Italy. After the Canadians saw their opener against Finland postponed, they beat the Swiss today thanks to goals from Natalie Spooner,

Here are the top five things to watch Sunday (on the Italian side):

Daily coverage as Kaapo Kakko, Eeli Tolvanen, Philipp Grubauer, Oscar Fisker Molgaard, and Seattle Torrent players go for gold at Milano Cortina 2026.

Switzerland is on the second half of a back-to-back, as they went up against Czechia in their first game of the tournament on Friday. Despite trailing by two in the third, the Swiss rallied to send the game into extra time, pulling out a stunning win in the shootout.

The 2026 Olympic men's hockey tournament officially begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11, with the preliminary rounds, and it's shaping up to be an intense run of games between 12 teams. What makes the 2026 Olympics stand of is that it brings the return of NHL players,