Thirty-one Colorado athletes will be appearing in 11 events from now through the conclusion of the Milano Cortina Olympics on Feb. 22.
Running the total to 33 is a Coloradan headed to the Paralympics and a member of the Avalanche set to play with the USA hockey team.
In order to catch the Coloradans and other Americans competing, viewers will either need to stay up until the wee hours or catch replays on NBC stations, the USA Network or streaming on Peacock.
State Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Steamboat Springs, authored Senate Resolution 26-008, recognizing each participant last week. The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off Friday, Jan. 6, with full information available at the NBC Sports Olympics website.
“This year, Colorado has more Olympians than any other state in our country,” Roberts said in introductory remarks for the resolution on the Senate floor. His district, Roberts notes, has “by far” the most Winter Olympians of any Colorado Senate district.
Unfortunately, no Winter Olympian hails from Fremont County in 2026. The figure skating pair of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea are from Colorado Springs.
As expected, the Colorado contingent features four downhill, two cross-country and eight freestyle skiers, in addition to ski jumpers and ski mountaineers, a first-time event.
Ice hockey fans can look for defenseman Jaccob Slavin of Erie wearing No. 74 and forward/center Brock Nelson of Warroad, Minn., wearing No. 29 on Team USA. In the NHL, Slavin plays for the Carolina Hurricanes and Nelson for the hometown Colorado Avalanche.
Malik Jones, a forward from Aurora, will appear with the U.S. sled hockey team in March during the Paralympics. He will wear No. 19.
Hunter Powell of Fort Collins will make his first Olympic appearance as a pusher on the bobsled team. Jason Colby of Steamboat Springs, also making his first Olympics, is being called a generational talent in ski jumping.
The largest contingent for Colorado is nine athletes in the snowboarding field. Alpine skiers Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards and Lindsey Vonn of Vail are arguably the most popular Coloradans in the entire Olympic field, that is if you’ve missed Nelson as the center on the Avalanche’s second line and the leader of the first power play unit. He has 48 points (28 goals, 20 assists) in 53 games.
If you’re looking to root for other Avalanche stars not on Team USA, look no further than Canada. Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews will skate for the team north of the border. Gabriel Landeskog and Artturi Lehkonen will play for Sweden. Joel Kiviranta is on Finland’s roster and Martin Kaut is playing for the Czech Republic.
Brian Porter is a special contributor to the Cañon City Daily Record.
(All air times are on the USA Network. Other programming may be available based on your streaming service. Scheduled subject to change.)
Alpine skiing
Kyle Negomir, Littleton
River Radamus, Edwards
Mikaela Shiffrin, Edwards
Lindsey Vonn, Vail
Feb. 9: Men’s team downhill, 2:30 a.m.; Women’s downhill, 3:45 a.m.; Men’s team slalom, 6 a.m.
Feb. 10: Women’s team downhill, 2:30 a.m.; Women’s team slalom, 6 a.m.
Feb. 11: Men’s Super G, 3:30 a.m. (Replay on 9 News, TBD)
Feb. 12: Women’s Super G, 3:30 a.m. (Replay on 9 News, TBD)
Feb. 14: Men’s giant slalom, 2 a.m. (Primetime, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 15: Women’s giant slalom, 2 a.m. (Primetime, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 16: Men’s slalom, 2 a.m., 5:30 a.m. and finals, 12:45 p.m. (replay, 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 18: Women’s slalom, 2 a.m. and 5:55 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.)
Cross-country skiing
Lauren Jortberg, Boulder
Hailey Swirbul, El Jebel
Feb. 10: Men’s & Women’s sprint qualifying, 1:15 a.m.; Men’s & Women’s sprint finals, 4:10 a.m. (replay, 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.)
Feb. 12: Women’s 10K free, 5:15 a.m. (replay, 11 p.m.)
Feb. 13: Men’s 10K free, 4 a.m. (replay, 5 p.m.)
Feb. 14: Women’s 4×7.5K relay, 4 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 15: Men’s 4×7.5K relay, 4 a.m. (replay, 4:15 p.m.)
Feb. 18: Men’s & Women’s team sprint free qualifying, 3 a.m.; Finals, 6:30 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 21: Men’s 50K mass start, 4:10 a.m. (replay, 3 p.m.)
Feb. 22: Women’s 50K mass start, 2 a.m. (replay, 6 a.m.)
Four-man bobsled
Hunter Powell, Fort Collins (pusher)
Feb. 21: 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. ( re-air 6:45 p.m.)
Feb. 22: Finals 4:35 a.m.
Figure skating
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, Colo. Springs
Feb. 15: Short program 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Feb. 16: Freestyle 11:45 a.m.
Freestyle skiing
Alex Ferreira, Aspen
Birk Irving, Winter Park
Svea Irving, Winter Park
Riley Jacobs, Oak Creek
Tess Johnson, Vail
Elizabeth Lemley, Vail
Charlie Mickel, Durango
Landon Wendler, Steamboat Springs
Feb. 9: Women’s free slopestyle final, 4:30 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 10: Men’s moguls qualifying, 3:45 a.m.; Men’s free slopestyle final, 4:30 a.m.; Women’s moguls qualifying, 8:30 a.m.
Feb. 11: Women’s moguls qualifying, 5:30 a.m.; Women’s moguls final, 6:15 a.m. (replay, 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 12: Men’s moguls qualifying, 2 a.m.; Men’s moguls final, 4:45 a.m.
Feb. 14: Women’s dual moguls finals, 2:40 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.)
Feb. 15: Men’s dual moguls finals, 2:40 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 16: Women’s free big air final, 11:30 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 17: Women’s aerials qualifying, 2:45 a.m. (replay, 4:15 p.m.); Men’s aerials qualifying, 9 a.m. (replay, 5 p.m.); Men’s free big air final, 11:30 a.m. (replay, 7 and 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 18: Women’s aerials final, 3:30 a.m. (replay, 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.)
Feb. 19: Men’s aerials final, 3:30 a.m.; Men’s fee halfpipe qualifying, 6:45 a.m. (replay, 4 p.m.); Women’s free halfpipe qualifying, 2 p.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 20: Women’s ski cross qualifying, 2 a.m.; Women’s ski cross finals, 4 a.m. (replay, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.); Men’s free halfpipe final, 11:30 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 21: Mixed team aerials final, 2:45 a.m. (replay, 10:15 a.m.); Men’s ski cross finals, 9:45 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Ice hockey
74-Jaccob Slavin, D, Erie (Hurricanes)
29-Brock Nelson, F, Warroad, Minn. (Avalanche)
Feb. 12: vs. Latvia, 1:10 p.m. (replay, 9 p.m.)
Feb. 14: vs. Denmark, 1:10 p.m. (replay, 9 p.m.)
Feb. 15: vs. Germany, 1:10 p.m. (replay, 9 p.m.)
Feb. 17: Qualification playoff, 10:15 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Feb. 18: Quarterfinal, 8:40 a.m., 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. (replay)
Feb. 20: Semifinal, 9:50 a.m., 4 p.m. (replay), 9 p.m. (replay)
Feb. 21: Bronze final, 12:40 p.m. and 9 p.m. (replay)
Feb. 22: Golf final, 6:10 a.m. (replay, 2:30 p.m.)
Nordic combined
Niklas Malacinski, Steamboat Springs
Feb 11: Ski jump (normal), 2 a.m. (replay, 9:20 a.m. and 10 p.m.); 10K race, 8 a.m. (replay, 10:25 a.m.)
Feb. 17: Ski jump (large), 2 a.m. (replay, 10:30 a.m.); 10K race, 7:50 a.m.
Feb. 19: Ski jump (large), 3 a.m. (replay, 3:30 p.m.); 2×7.5K relay, 6:20 a.m.
*Sled hockey
19-Malik Jones, F, Aurora
Mar. 7: vs. Italy
Mar. 9: vs. Germany
Mar. 10: vs China
Mar. 12: Classification game
Mar. 13: Semifinals
Mar. 14: Classification final
Mar. 15: Medal games
* Check with Peacock or other streaming service for broadcast times.
Ski jumping
Jason Colby, Steamboat Springs
Feb. 9: Normal hill, 3:30 p.m. (replay 8:15 p.m.)
Feb. 10: Mixed team, 4:15 p.m.
Feb. 14: Large hill, 11 a.m. (replay 5:15 p.m.)
Feb. 16: Super team large hill, 9 p.m.
Ski mountaineering
Cam Smith, Crested Butte
Feb. 19: Sprint heats, 1:45 a.m.; Spring finals, 4:55 a.m.
Feb. 21: Mixed team relay, 5:30 a.m. (replay, 6 p.m.)
Snowboarding
Chase Blackwell, Longmont
Jake Canter, Silverthorne
Lily Dhawornvej, Copper Mountain
Stacy Gaskill, Golden
Red Gerard, Silverthorne
Oliver Martin, Vail
Jake Pates, Eagle
Madeline Schaffrick, Steamboat Springs
Cody Winters, Steamboat Springs
Feb. 9: Women’s big air final, 11:30 a.m. (replay, 10:30 p.m.)
Feb. 11: Women’s halfpipe qualifying, 2:45 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. (replay, 10:45 p.m.); Men’s halfpipe qualifying, 12:15 p.m. (replay, 4:30 p.m.)
Feb. 12: Men’s cross qualifying, 2:30 a.m.; Men’s cross finals, 6:35 a.m. (replay, 3:30 p.m.); Women’s halfpipe final, 11:35 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m. and 10:35 p.m.)
Feb. 13: Women’s cross finals, 7:30 a.m.; Men’s halfpipe final, 11:30 a.m. (replay, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 15: Mixed team cross finals, 5:45 a.m. (replay, 11 a.m. and 10:45 p.m.)
Feb. 16: Women’s slopestyle qualifying, 2:50 a.m. (replay, 8 p.m.); Men’s slopestyle qualifying, 6:35 a.m. (replay, 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.)
Feb. 17: Women’s slopestyle final, 5 a.m. (replay, 10:45 a.m.)
Feb. 18: Men’s slopestyle final, 4:45 a.m. (replay, 12:15 p.m.)