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The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy.

A joint bid by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo was awarded the 2026 Winter Olympics at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019, beating a bid by Stockholm and Åre, Sweden; they will be the first Olympic Games to officially be co-hosted by multiple cities, with Milan primarily hosting ice events, and the remaining events being hosted in clusters around Cortina, and the Valtellina and Fiemme valleys. They will mark the third Winter Olympics, and fourth overall, to be hosted by Italy; Cortina d'Ampezzo had previously hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.

The Games will feature the debut of ski mountaineering as an Olympic event and will be the first Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Kirsty Coventry.

Bidding process

Main article: Bids for the 2026 Winter Olympics

Host city selection

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were selected as the host cities on 24 June 2019 at the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. The three Italian IOC members, Franco Carraro, Ivo Ferriani and Giovanni Malagò, and two Swedish IOC members, Gunilla Lindberg and Stefan Holm, were ineligible to vote as stated in the Olympic Charter.[2][3][4]

2026 Winter Olympics bidding results[5]
City Nation Votes
Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo  Italy 47
Stockholm–Åre  Sweden 34
One abstention[5]

Development and preparations

Speed skating venue selection

During the bid process, the bidding committee proposed that the speed skating events could be held at the existing Ice Rink Piné in Baselga di Piné. However, despite the infrastructure being ready, it required a roof which impact and cost studies indicated would be very expensive, potentially breaking the budget. So instead, the Committee deliberated over three choices: building an ice rink in the pavilions of Fiera Milano (in a possibility to be permanent or temporary), options that would require significant structural work, or move the events to the Oval Lingotto in the city of Turin which required no structural changes. The venue was constructed to host the speed skating during the 2006 Winter Olympics and after the games, hosted a variety of events such as exhibitions, fairs and conferences. The venue was also hosted the same sport in 2007 Winter Universiade. In April 2023, it was estimated that the temporary ice rink in Fiera Milano would cost nearly €20 million, which would be paid for with private funds. The proposal to use Turin's Oval Lingotto received opposition from Milan-area officials, as Turin was part of the initial stages of the project, but latter withdrawn. One of the spokespersons to reject this proposal was the Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala and officials from the host regions of Lombardy and Veneto.[6] Fiera Milano was confirmed as the speed skating venue on 19 April 2023.[7][8]

Concerns about sliding sports venue

During the bidding process, the joint Committee proposed to restore the Eugenio Monti olympic track in Cortina, to be relaunched as a federal centre also for sledding and skeleton.[9] The minimum cost of restoring the closed track was initially estimated at €14 million, while in the official Milan-Cortina bid dossier the cost indicated was €100 million (similar budget needed to build the Cesana Pariol track used at the 2006 Winter Olympics).[10] After initially forecasting an expenditure of €40-50 million, the Veneto Region allocated funding up to €85 million to build the new Olympic venues. An annual expenditure of €400,000 was also planned for the management of the facility, which would be open four months a year, to be settled through the establishment of €8 million fund.[11]

Due to the rising cost of construction materials, the Veneto region president Luca Zaia turned public in February 2023 that the restoring cost for the Eugenio Monti track could be upwards of €120 million.[12] Calling for tenders to award the work, no company came forward with a bid by the 31 July 2023 deadline;[13] even after that, no company interested in carrying out the work could be found, both for economic reasons and because of the difficulty to complete all works before the start of the Olympics.[14] Due to critical issues, costs and prohibitive times for the total renovation of Cortina track, the mayor of Innsbruck, Austria made a proposal for the use of the Igls Olympic Sliding Centre in Innsbruck.[15] On 16 October 2023 the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that the track will not be rebuilt to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, and the sliding events could be held outside of Italy.[16] However, the current Italian government wanted the sliding events to remain in Italy, so they studied the possibility to revamp the Cesana Pariol track which hosted the events at the 2006 Winter Olympics, which has been dormant since 2011.[17] Since then, several construction companies have submitted bids to study a potential reconstruction of the Eugenio Monti track.[18] A bid was won to build a new sliding track instead of rebuilding the Eugenio Monti track, which will be demolished.[19]

Despite concerns about the new track not being ready on time, it was confirmed in September 2024 that the new Eugenio Monti track was on schedule, and that homologation of the track is expected by March 2025.[20] The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run in Lake Placid, United States (which hosted sliding events at the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics) has been designated as a backup venue in the event the new facility is not ready in time.[21][22]

Olympic torch

See also: 2026 Winter Olympics torch relay

The Olympic torch relay is scheduled to start on 26 November 2025 with the flame lighting in Olympia, Greece, and conclude on 6 February 2026 in Milan, Italy, coinciding with the opening ceremony at San Siro. The route is expected to visit all 110 provinces of Italy, making 60 stops over 63 days across 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi)[23]

The Olympic torch was presented in a simultaneous event held in Milan in Italy and Osaka in Japan. It was revealed at the Triennale di Milano and at the Italian pavilion at Expo 2025 as a way of connecting the two twin cities, as Milan previously hosted Expo 2015.[24][25][26] The torch is light blue whereas the corresponding Paralympic torch is bronze.[27] Named "Essential"; developed by Eni and its subsidiary Versalis, designed by Studio Carlo Ratti Associati and produced in Italy by Cavagna Group, the torches are made primarily of an alloy of recycled aluminium and bronze. They run bio-LPG, a fuel made from renewable materials, produced at the Enilive [it] biorefinery in Gela, and have been designed to be refilled up to ten times in order to cut down on the number of torches produced.[28]

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
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Locations of the venues in Lombardy and Northeast Italy The host cities are in blue.
San Siro Stadium in Milan and Verona Arena will be venues of opening and closing ceremonies, respectively.

The Games will primarily utilize existing venues across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, including those used by the 1956 Winter Olympics previously held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and by the 2013 Winter Universiade hosted by the province of Trentino. Most ice events, aside from curling, will be held in the Milan cluster, while sliding and snow events will be held in clusters around Cortina, Valtellina and the Fiemme Valley.

A new 16,000-seat multi-use arena designed by David Chipperfield is being constructed in Milan's Santa Giulia district, which will host ice hockey.[29] San Siro will host the opening ceremony, while the historic Verona Arena will host the closing ceremony.[30]

Milan Cluster

Venue Events Capacity Status
San Siro Opening ceremony 75,817 Existing
PalaItalia Ice hockey (finals) 16,000 New
Milan Ice Park Ice hockey 12,000 Existing
Speed skating 6,500
Forum di Milano Figure skating 12,700
Short track speed skating

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cluster

Venue Events Capacity Status
Olimpia delle Tofane Alpine skiing 1,000 (main grandstand) Existing
South Tyrol Arena Biathlon 9,000
Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio Curling 7,000
Eugenio Monti olympic track Bobsleigh TBA Existing, replacement
Luge
Skeleton

Valtellina Cluster

Venue Events Capacity Status
Stelvio Alpine skiing TBA Existing
Ski mountaineering
Mottolino/Sitas-Tagliede/Carosello 3000 Snowboarding TBA
Freestyle skiing

Val di Fiemme Cluster

Venue Events Capacity Status
Giuseppe Dal Ben Ski Jumping Arena Ski jumping TBA Existing
Nordic combined
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium Cross-country skiing 50,000
Nordic combined

Verona

Venue Events Capacity Status
Verona Arena Closing ceremony 20,000 Existing

Sports

The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to feature 116 medal events in 16 disciplines, an increase of seven events and one discipline over Beijing 2022. New medal events will include men's and women's dual moguls in freestyle skiing, men's and women's doubles in luge (replacing the open doubles event), men's and women's team alpine combined, women's large hill individual in ski jumping, and mixed relay team in skeleton. The Games will have the highest percentage of women's participation in Winter Olympic history, at 47%.[31][32]

The alpine mixed team parallel event has been dropped. Alpine combined will switch from an individual format to two-person teams; the event had seen diminishing participation due to evolving technical and training requirements, and had been dropped from the FIS World Cup circuit in 2020.[33][34][35] Team ski jumping and Nordic combined will also switch to two-person teams, with the latter adopting a large hill/2x7.5km course.[32] For the first time at the Olympics, women will race the same distances in cross-country skiing as men.[32]

At the 138th IOC Session on 20 July 2021, the IOC approved a proposal by the Milano Cortina organising committee to add ski mountaineering as a debuting optional sport. It will consist of three medal events: men's sprint, women's sprint, and mixed relay.[36] In February 2024, the IIHF announced an agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to allow its players to participate in the Olympic men's hockey tournament for the first time since 2014.[37]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each discipline.

Participating National Olympic Committees

The following 83 National Olympic Committees have qualified athletes. Twelve men's ice hockey teams and ten women's teams, including the hosts Italy, were confirmed as qualified by the IIHF with Russia provisionally holding a spot in both tournaments.[38] However, its participation is uncertain due to the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine starting in 2022. Russian athletes were not permitted to enter team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. However, the matter of the terms of the eligibility of Russian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics was reported by the Associated Press as allowing 15 Russian 'neutrals' to fully participate and apparently allowing for the possibility for Kamila Valieva and others to participate as 'neutrals' at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[39] The final decision on Russia in ice hockey is expected in early 2025. Other NOCs have had at least one male or female competitor meet the minimum alpine skiing and cross-country skiing requirements.[40][41] The United Arab Emirates is expected to make its Winter Olympics debut.

Participating National Olympic Committees
NOCs that are expected to participate in 2026, but did not in 2022. NOCs that participated in 2022, but not yet have athletes qualified for 2026.

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee

Calendar

The first version of the schedule was released in March 2024. Competitions starts two days before the opening ceremony on 4 February with the mixed doubles event on curling, and end on 22 February 2026 with the men's ice hockey tournament final.[43]

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
February 2026 4th
Wed 		5th
Thu 		6th
Fri 		7th
Sat 		8th
Sun 		9th
Mon 		10th
Tue 		11th
Wed 		12th
Thu 		13th
Fri 		14th
Sat 		15th
Sun 		16th
Mon 		17th
Tue 		18th
Wed 		19th
Thu 		20th
Fri 		21st
Sat 		22nd
Sun 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC —
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
Biathlon 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 11
Bobsleigh ● 1 1 ● 1 1 4
Cross-country skiing 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 12
Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 3
Figure skating ● ● 1 ● ● 1 1 ● 1 ● 1 5
Freestyle skiing ● 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 15
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● 1 2
Luge ● 1 ● 1 2 1 5
Nordic combined 1 1 1 3
Short-track speed skating 1 2 1 1 2 2 9
Skeleton ● 1 1 1 3
Ski jumping 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Ski mountaineering 2 1 3
Snowboarding ● 1 2 1 ● 2 2 1 ● 1 1 11
Speed skating 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 14
Daily medal events 0 0 0 5 8 5 9 8 9 7 8 9 6 7 8 7 6 10 4 116
Cumulative total 0 0 0 5 13 18 27 35 44 51 59 68 74 81 89 96 102 112 116
February 2026 4th
Wed 		5th
Thu 		6th
Fri 		7th
Sat 		8th
Sun 		9th
Mon 		10th
Tue 		11th
Wed 		12th
Thu 		13th
Fri 		14th
Sat 		15th
Sun 		16th
Mon 		17th
Tue 		18th
Wed 		19th
Thu 		20th
Fri 		21st
Sat 		22nd
Sun 		Total events

Marketing

Emblem and slogan

For the first time, the emblem of an Olympic Games was determined via a public vote. On 6 March 2021 during the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 finals, two candidate designs titled "Dado" and "Futura" were unveiled by former Italian Olympic gold medallists Federica Pellegrini and Alberto Tomba. They were both designed by Landor Associates.[44][45] On 30 March 2021, "Futura" was announced as the winning emblem.[46][47] The emblem consists of a stylized "26" written in a single stroke, representing the impact of "small gestures", and "sport, solidarity, and sustainability".[48]

The Games' official slogan, "IT's Your Vibe", was announced on 23 February 2025; the slogan uses the contraction "it's" to refer to Italy (IT), with the device able to be used in other contexts to reflect upon the Games' and its host cities.[49]

Mascot

Main article: Tina and Milo

An online vote closing on 28 February 2023 was held among a list of candidates to select the two mascots of the event. The winning candidates, designed by the students of a school in Taverna and inspired by stoats,[50] were presented during the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 on 7 February 2024.[51] Their names were revealed to be Tina and Milo (derived from the names of the host cities), and are portrayed as sister and brother.[52][53] The choice of stoats has been explained as being due to these animals' embodiment of "the contemporary Italian spirit" of curiosity, ability to change according to the seasons, and capacity of adaptation to challenging habitats.[53] The two main mascots are additionally accompanied by six snowdrop flowers, called "The Flo".[54]

Characteristics

Milo, a brown stoat, and Tina, a white stoat, are brother and sister "born in the mountains of Italy", who "decided to move to the city". Tina, the main Olympic mascot, symbolizes art, music, and the transformative force of beauty. Milo, the Paralympic mascot, was born without a leg but uses his tail to help him to take a normal life with some ingenuity, willpower, and creativity.[53]

Theme song

During the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 finals, the two final candidates for the official anthem of the event were presented, with a poll opening afterward. On 7 March 2022, "Fino all'alba" ("Until the dawn") — composed by the youth music group La Cittadina of the San Pietro Martire in Seveso, and performed during Sanremo by Arisa — was announced as the winner.[55]

Corporate sponsorship

Sponsors of the 2026 Winter Olympics[56]
Worldwide Olympic Partners
Premium Partners
Official Partners
Official Sponsors
Official Supporters
Official Hospitality Provider

Broadcasting rights

Main article: List of 2026 Winter Olympics broadcasters

In Italy, domestic pay-TV rights are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery,[57] with free-to-air coverage and digital rights owned by RAI under a sub-license agreement with the European Broadcasting Union.[58] On 16 January 2023, the IOC announced that it had renewed its European broadcast rights agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports to last from 2026 through to 2032. The contract covers pay television and streaming rights to the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics on Eurosport and Discovery+ in 49 European territories.[57] Unlike the previous contract where corporate precursor Discovery, Inc. was responsible for sub-licensing them to broadcasters in each country,[59][60] free-to-air rights packages were concurrently awarded to the EBU and its members to cover at least 100 hours of each Winter Olympics.[57] EBU member RAI then signed a sub-licensing deal for Italian free-to-air TV and digital rights.[58]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Only an English motto will be used during the Games. There is no Italian equivalent of the motto adopted.
  2. ^ a b The participation of Russia will be ruled on by the IOC.[42] Their spot in both the men's and women's hockey tournaments will go to France, the best ranked non-qualifying nation from the qualifying tournaments (women's, men's) if they are not allowed to participate.
  3. ^ It is uncertain whether Belarus will participate due to its involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022.

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