The 2026 Winter Olympics in northern Italy (Milan-Cortina) will bring 2 million spectators and nearly 3,000 athletes from more than 90 countries to the 8,500-mile stretch. Czech hockey forward Pavel Zacha of the Boston Bruins was sidelined due to an upper body injury after an NHL game against Philadelphia on January 29, where he had 15 goals and 37 points in 54 games[1][3]. He was replaced by Filip Chlapík from Sparta Praha, who played 45 games this season with 19 goals and 26 assists[1]. From the Slovak team, Samuel Honzek will not appear after an operation in the upper part of the body with an expected absence of 6 months, and captain Marek Hrivík will be replaced by Lukáš Cingel[2] due to an elbow injury. Lindsey Vonn (41) fell in a downhill, writhing in pain and screaming, which was caught by microphones[6]. Norovirus spread in the Finnish hockey team, leading to a rescheduled game against Canada and a quarantine; the Swiss hockey players did not participate in the ceremony after the positive test[7]. The Czech Republic plays its first match against Canada on Thursday at 16:40 CET[1].