BNT to broadcast the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Schedule and Highlights

Bulgarian National Television (BNT) will provide its viewers with the opportunity to enjoy the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026, which will take place from February 6 to 22.

Viewers will have the opportunity to follow over 125 hours of sports action, with an emphasis on the performance of Bulgarian athletes, as well as the finals in the most attractive Olympic disciplines.

The hosts of the show “Today at the Games” will be familiar faces from the world of winter sports – Alexandra Zhekova, a participant in two Olympic finals in snowboarding, and Radostin Lyubomirov. The show will be broadcast every evening from 7:00 p.m. on BNT 1 and BNT 3.

The opening ceremony of the games will be on February 6, Friday, and BNT will start with a show two hours before the start of the ceremony at the “San Siro” stadium in Milan.

Fans of winter sports will also be able to get information about all the news from Milan and Cortina through the show “Olympic Morning”, which will be broadcast from Monday to Friday at 9:10 a.m. on BNT 1, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:45 a.m. on BNT 1. The host of “Olympic Morning” will be Monika Simeonova, and the show starts on February 7.

Bulgaria will be represented in the competitions in biathlon, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding and figure skating.

BNT schedule for the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026:

• February 6 (Friday)
  • BNT 1: 19:00-20:00 Today at the Games; 21:00-23:25 Opening Ceremony
  • BNT 3: 19:00-20:00 Today at the Games; 21:00-23:25 Opening Ceremony
• February 7 (Saturday)
  • BNT 1: 10:45-11:00 Olympic Morning; 12:25-14:00 Alpine skiing, downhill (men); 19:00-20:00 Today at the Games
  • BNT 3: 12:25-14:00 Alpine skiing, downhill (men); 14:00-14:55 Cross-country skiing, 10+10 km skiathlon (women); 19:00-20:00 Today at the Games; 20:45-22:05 Figure skating (team); 23:05-23:50 Figure skating (team)
• February 8 (Sunday)
  • BNT 1: 10:45-11:00 Olympic Morning; 13:55-15:45 Snowboard, parallel giant slalom (finals); 19:00-20:00 Today at the Games
  • BNT 3: 10:00-11:55 Snowboard, parallel giant slalom (qualifications); 12:25-13:45 Alpine skiing, downhill (women); 13:45-14:30 Cross-country skiing, 10+10 km skiathlon (men); 15:00-16:20 Biathlon, mixed relay; 19:30-20:15 Luge, men, fourth run; 20:30-23:45 Figure skating (team)
• … and many more competitions until February 22…