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Milano Cortina 2026 opens across northern Italy

The Olympic Winter Games began a 17-day programme connecting Milan, Cortina and multiple mountain clusters.

06–22 Feb Europe Northern Italy
Team Canada enters the stadium during a Winter Olympic opening ceremony
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Milano Cortina 2026 opened on 6 February and ran through 22 February. The distributed host model connected urban ceremonies and arena sports with mountain venues across northern Italy.

The Games brought national Olympic committees, international federations, athletes and medical and integrity programmes into one global sporting system.

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