Nine reveals Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games lineup

With less than eight months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Nine has revealed its coverage will feature experts who are part of one of Australia’s most exclusive sporting club - Australian winter Olympic gold medallists - including Torah Bright, Lydia Lassila and Steven Bradbury.

Off the back of Nine’s record-breaking coverage of Paris 2024 - which reached 19.5 million Australians and earned the company a prestigious IOC Golden Rings award for world’s best coverage - Milano Cortina 2026 is the second Olympic Games Nine will deliver during a runway of world class storytelling up to Brisbane 2032.

Olympic mogul skier Britt Cox, snowboarder Steph Prem (Hickey) and alpine skier Jono Brauer will also provide their expertise through the Games, with the commentary line-up also including David Culbert (Snowboard/Alpine Skiing), Sami Kennedy-Sim (Alpine Skiing), Mitch Tomlinson (Halfpipe, Big Air & Slopestyle), and Matt Hill (Downhill/Slalom). The 9Network’s hosting team and full commentary lineup will be announced in the coming months.

Nine will be based in the thick of the action in the alpine village of Livigno, which will be a winter sporting wonderland of moguls, snowboard courses and aerial ski jumps. There will also be a state-of-the-art set in Nine’s North Sydney studio that will again showcase cutting edge augmented reality technology that was used for Paris 2024, allowing brands integration and a world class viewer experience.

The 16-day event will feature more than 50 Australian athletes with what is expected to be Australia’s best ever Winter Olympics medal prospects. The team will be led by Australia’s Chef de Mission Alisa Camplin.

Nine’s Chief Executive Officer, Matt Stanton, said: “The Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina will be a celebration of courage, national pride, and human achievement. Nine’s coverage of Paris 2024 set a new benchmark for how Olympic and Paralympic Games are delivered to viewers, and Milano Cortina 2026 will build on our success. Whether fans are streaming on their phone, watching on their main screen, catching results on radio or reading about the big moments across our publishing assets, Australians can unite behind our athletes as they compete on the biggest stage.”

Source: Ch9 Media Release