Olympic Snowboarding Men's Cross 2026 TV Schedule, Live Stream and Picks

The men's snowboard cross has a unique history at the Winter Olympics.

Only three athletes have won gold across the five times the event has been contested.

Austria's Alessandro Hammerle has the opportunity to become the third back-to-back gold medalist in men's snowboard cross at the Milan Cortina Games.

Australia's Adam Lambert, Eliot Grondin of Canada and a few Americans will have a say, though, about if there will be another repeat winner in the event.

Men's Snowboard Cross Info

Date: Thursday, February 12

Start Time: Final Round (8:56 a.m. ET), Quarterfinals (7:45 a.m. ET)

TV: USA

Live Stream: Peacock

Preview

Hammerle is the reigning gold medalist in the men's snowboard cross, but he comes into northern Italy as the fifth-best athlete in the FIS World Cup standings.

Adam Lambert of Australia has been the most consistent athlete in the event this season with one victory and a pair of third-place finishes across three World Cup events.

Canada's Eliot Grondin, who took silver behind Hammerle in Beijing, is second in the FIS World Cup standings.

Hammerle and Grondin have the Olympic medal-winning experience in the field, but that doesn't mean they'll reach the podium again.

Lambert could be considered the gold-medal favorite given his consistency this season.

Austria's Jakob Dusek and France's Jonas Chollet are the other two key names to watch in the medal race.

Chollet and Dusek won the first two snowboard cross World Cup events of the season and they each rank in the top five of the World Cup standings.

The American contingent is headlined by 44-year-old Nick Baumgartner, who will compete in his fifth Winter Olympics.

Nathan Pare is the top American medal threat. He is one of the rising stars of the sport and had one podium finish at the World Cup stop in Dongbeiya, China in January.

Picks

Gold: Adam Lambert (Australia)

Silver: Jonas Chollet (France)

Bronze: Eliot Grondin (Canada)