Italy ready says Bach 1 year ahead of Milan-Cortina Games

One year out from the Milan Cortina Games, Olympic chief says 'Italy is ready.' But is it?
The one-year countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is on. IOC president Thomas Bach proclaimed on Thursday, “Italy is ready.” Is it? Italy has ski resorts in abundance and spectacular mountains but one pressing concern remains rebuilding the century-old sliding center in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
2026 Milan Cortina Olympics: New sport, events on Winter Games program
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, which open one year from today, feature the Olympic debuts of one sport and five new events within existing sports.
Italy ready says Bach one year ahead of Milan-Cortina Games
The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, said on Thursday that Italy is ready to write the next chapter of its Olympic history at an event organized at Milan's Piccolo Theatre one year before the 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to kick off.
A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina
Next year's Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but it will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy spread over five different venue clusters.
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are 1 year away. One venue remains uncertain
Alpine skiing will be divided between Cortina (for the women’s events) and Bormio (for the men) — which are separated by a 5 ½-hour drive. Livigno will host freestyle skiing and snowboarding, biathlon will be in Anterselva, Nordic events will be in Val di Fiemme and ice sports in Milan.
Italy starts countdown to 2026 Milano-Cortina Games
Italy began the one-year countdown to the Winter Olympics on Thursday with a series of events designed to fuel enthusiasm for the Games that will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Bach says Italy 'ready' to host Winter Olympics as one-year countdown begins
Thomas Bach said Italy is ready to host next year's Winter Olympics as the one-year countdown to the sprawling Milan-Cortina Games began at an event in Italy's economic capital on Thursday. "Italy is ready to write the next chapter of its great Olympic history,
One year to go before the Winter Olympic Games starts in Italy
These might be called the Milano Cortina Winter Games, but they will actually be held across a large swathe of northern Italy in the most widespread Winter Olympic and Paralympic games ever.
Olympics-Italy celebrates one-year countdown to Winter Games
Italy marked the one-year countdown to the Winter Olympics on Thursday with a series of events designed to fuel enthusiasm for the Games that will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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