Olympic guide: Sweden's double gold hunts get underway

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Olympic guide: Sweden's double gold hunts get underway
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Sweden vs. Italy is on the schedule when both the men's curlers and the Tre Kronor men's team begin their hunt for Olympic gold on Wednesday. In addition, biathlon star Elvira Öberg makes her first start at the Olympics in Italy after the break.

+ NHL players back

For the first time since Sochi 2014, NHL players are back in Olympic ice hockey. In Tre Kronor's opening match, the national team will face host nation Italy in Santagulia Arena. Sweden enters the match as huge favorites and the last time the countries met, at the 2019 World Championships, Tre Kronor won 8–0.

+ The reigning Olympic champions make their entrance

Team Edin comes to the Olympics as reigning Olympic champions. They too will face the host nation in the first group stage. The team arrives in Cortina in good shape after winning the European Curling Championships at the end of November and is one of Sweden's big medal hopes. The team consists of Simon Olofsson, Christoffer Sundgren, Rasmus Wranå, Oskar Eriksson and Niklas Edin.

+ First medal chance for Elvira Öberg

Biathlete Elvira Öberg was surprisingly knocked out of the opening mixed relay. In the 15-kilometre individual race, she gets the chance to chase her third individual Olympic medal after two silvers from Beijing 2022.

TV: SVT/SVT Play and TV4/TV12/TV4 Play - everything is also streamed on HBO Max. Radio: P4 Radiosporten/P3/the Sveriges Radio app.

Competition schedule for Wednesday, February 11 (broadcaster in brackets):

10:00: Nordic combined, individual Gundersen normal hill, Val di Fiemme (SVT)

10:30: Snowboard, women, halfpipe, qualifying, Livigno (TV4)

11:00: Moguls, women, moguls qualification 2, Livigno (SVT)

+ Swedish participant: Elis Lundholm.

11:30: Alpine, men, super-G, Bormio (SVT)

13:45: Nordic combined, individual 10 km (normal), Val di Fiemme (SVT)

14:15: Moguls, women, final, Livigno (SVT)

+ Swedish participant: Elis Lundholm.

14:15: Biathlon, women, distance 15 km, Antholz (TV4)

+ Swedish participants: Elvira Öberg, Hanna Öberg, Anna Magnusson, Linn Gestblom.

16:40: Ice hockey, men, Slovakia–Finland, group B, Milan (SVT)

17:00: Luge, women and men, double runs 1 and 2, Cortina (TV4)

18:30: Speed skating, men, 1,000 m, Milan (SVT)

19:05: Curling, men, preliminary round, Sweden–Italy, Canada–Germany, Czech Republic–USA, China–Great Britain, Cortina (SVT)

19:30: Figure skating, ice dancing, free program, Milan (SVT)

+ Swedish participants: Nikolaj Majorov/Milla Ruud Reitan.

19:30: Snowboard, men, halfpipe, qualifying, Livigno (TV4)

21:10: Ice hockey, men, Sweden–Italy, group B, Milan (TV4)

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