Group 1 - The first competition day of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics is set to begin, with the first gold medal likely to be awarded in the men's downhill skiing event at 18:30 [1][6] - Chinese athlete Gu Ailing will lead a team of four Chinese competitors in the women's freestyle skiing slope style qualification at 17:30 [1][4] - Tomorrow at 2:30 AM, Su Yiming will compete for a medal in the men's snowboard big air event [1][22] Group 2 - The men's downhill skiing event features top competitors, including Marco Odermatt from Switzerland, who has won the overall World Cup title for four consecutive years and aims to win three gold medals in a single Olympics [6] - The competition venue, the Stelvio course, is 3,250 meters long with a maximum gradient of 73%, described by Odermatt as a "battle for survival" [6] - The Italian team has a strong presence, with four of their five athletes ranking in the top ten during the second official training session [6] Group 3 - In cross-country skiing, the men's and women's event distances are standardized for the first time in Olympic history, with four Chinese athletes participating in the women's 10km + 10km pursuit [9] - The Chinese speed skating team has sent 15 athletes, making them the second-largest delegation in the speed skating events, only behind the Netherlands [12] - The first competition day for speed skating will feature Chinese athletes Li Jiaxuan and Yang Binyu competing in the women's 3000 meters [12][13]

Group 1 - The first competition day of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics features the men's downhill skiing event, where the first gold medal will be awarded [1] - China's first event for gold is the men's snowboard big air, with defending champion Su Yiming competing against top athletes [1] - Su Yiming, who ranked fourth in the preliminaries, emphasizes the importance of mindset and pressure management for a better performance [1] Group 2 - The first gold medal in speed skating will be awarded in the women's 3000 meters, with Yang Binyu from China being a key athlete to watch [2] - The freestyle skiing women's slope style event is the first freestyle skiing event to debut at this Winter Olympics, featuring four Chinese female athletes: Gu Ailing, Liu Mengting, Yang Ruyi, and Han Linsan [2]