Here's the full cross-country skiing schedule at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Team Sprint (Freestyle) — The Team Sprint event fields paired teams of two athletes each, and follows the interval-start format. Each of a team’s two skiers alternate in timed turns around the event’s 1,585-meter (approximately 1 mile) course, with the event’s final round consisting of more overall laps than the earlier, qualifying knockout round.

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A wolfdog named Nazgul stunned Olympic skiers when he sprinted onto the cross-country course mid-race. That's one good boy.

In this image taken from video provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services, OBS, a dog runs onto the track near the finish during the heats of the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP)