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The Milan Cortina Olympics will start with a four-site and two-cauldron opening ceremony

The Milan Cortina Olympics will start with a four-site and two-cauldron opening ceremony

Associated Press
Feb 06, 2026
The Milan Cortina Olympics will start with a four-site and two-cauldron opening ceremony

MILAN — An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture is scheduled to officially start the Milan Cortina Games.

The Olympics return to Italy on Friday, 20 years after it last hosted them in Turin.

This is the most spread-out Olympics in history, with competition venues dotting an area of about a space roughly the size of the entire state of New Jersey.

The main hub on Friday is in Milan at the San Siro soccer stadium. 

There will be three other sites for athletes to march, some carrying their country’s flag.

Cortina in the heart of the Dolomite mountains.

Livigno in the Alps.

Predazzo is in the autonomous province of Trento.