Get ready for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with a schedule of notable events taking place across all 16 sports in the months leading up to the Winter Games.

Oct. 18-20: Skate America (Allen, Texas)
Skate America, the first of seven stops in the 2024-25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the only stop in the U.S., will showcase top American figure skaters such as Ilia Malinin and  competing against many of the sport's top international stars. For the second straight year, the event will take place in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas.

Dec. 5-8: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Grenoble, France)
The final stop of the ISU Grand Prix features only the top-six competitors in each figure skating discipline competing for the biggest prizes of the first half of the figure staking season.

Jan. 20-26: U.S. Figure Skating Championships (Wichita, Kansas)
Team USA's top figure skating stars compete for the coveted crown of U.S. national champion.

Jan. 27-Feb. 2: ISU European Figure Skating Championships (Tallinn, Estonia)
The top figure skating athletes in Europe compete at this annual major competition.

Feb. 4-16: FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships (Saalbach, Austria)
The 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, will showcase the world’s top alpine skiers competing for world titles in events including downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super G. American Mikaela Shiffrin leads all active skiers with seven world titles, tied for second-most all-time.

Feb. 5-8: FIL Luge World Championships (Whistler, Canada)
Luge athletes compete in the 53rd FIL Luge World Championships at the Whistler Sliding Centre, host venue of luge during the 2010 Winter Olympics. More than 150 athletes, representing more than 25 countries will race to be crowned world champion.

Feb. 12-23: IBU Biathlon World Championships (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)
Set against the stunning Swiss Alps, the 2025 Biathlon World Championships in Lenzerheide will bring together the world's best biathletes for a series of Olympic and non-Olympic events, including individual, sprint, and relay races, testing their endurance and marksmanship.

Feb. 18-23: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (Seoul, South Korea)
The top figure skating athletes from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania compete at this annual major competition.

Feb. 26 - March 9: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Trondheim, Norway)
The biannual FIS Nordic World Ski Championships represents the biggest non-Olympic event in the sports of cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined. For the second time ever, and the first since 1997, the championships will take place at the idyllic fjord city of Trondheim in northern Norway.

March 3-8: ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Championships (Morgins, Switzerland)
The 2025 Ski Mountaineering World Championships will be a great opportunity to get a look at the newest Winter Olympic sport for 2026. Five events will take place over the five days in the Swiss Alps. 

March 6-16: IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships (Lake Placid, New York)
Mount Van Hoevenberg, the venue for sliding sports at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, will once again host the world's top bobsled and skeleton athletes, highlighting their speed and precision on the iconic Olympic track. It will be the 11th time that the Adirondack facility will host the IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships, and the first since 2012.

March 14-16: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (Beijing, China)
Major short track racing returns to the site of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where athletes will jockey for big prizes.

March 15-23: World Women's Curling Championships (Uijeongbu, South Korea)
World championship medals and valuable Olympic qualification ranking points will be on the line as South Korea hosts the World Women's Curling Championships for the second time.

March 17-30: FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships (St. Moritz, Switzerland)
The Swiss ski resort town of St. Moritz, twice the host of the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948, will be the stage for world-class aerial artistry on skis and snowboard. World titles will be on the line in disciplines like moguls, big air, slopestyle, halfpipe and more.

March 24-30: ISU World Figure Skating Championships (Boston, Massachusetts)
The biggest annual event in world figure skating returns to the United States for the first time since 2016.

March 26 - April 9: World Men's Curling Championships (Moose Jaw, Canada)
Saskatchewan is the site where the top men's curling nations will compete for Olympic qualification.

April 9-20: IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships (Ceske Budejovice, Czechia)
The United States women's ice hockey team will strive to win an 11th world championship and build momentum ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

April 26 - May 3: World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships (Fredericton, Canada)
The final Olympic spots in curling will be won during the World Mixed Curling Championships in New Brunswick. 

May 9-25: Men's Ice Hockey World Championships (Sweden and Denmark)
The biggest international men's ice hockey competition prior to the 2026 Winter Olympics heads to Scandinavia, where many of the same national teams that will vie for Olympic gold will compete for the title of world champion.

Nov. 7-16: U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
The curlers that will represent the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be determined in Sioux Falls at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials. The event will feature round robin play and a final playoff, with the winners advancing to Italy.