Milan, 28 January 2026 – The event awaited for four years, in which the world stops and watches the fight for medals with pathos and emotion. The Olympics 2026 I’m one step away and he will host themItaliafor the most watched event on TV worldwide. Two weeks in which the beautiful boot will be the center of the world of winter sports, where glory merges with myth and a gold medal can be worth an entire career. Located along the entire Alpine arcthe Italian Olympics represent an opportunity for our country. For athletes, however, it is the last step of a four-year journeywhere the hard work done will come to fruition in just a few seconds of the race. Four years enclosed in a few moments. The show starts from February 6th.
A February on snow and ice, or in front of the TV for those who won’t be on site. The Milan-Cortina Olympics they will start on February 6th and end on the following 22nd two weeks of competitions.
We will start with the opening ceremony at the Meazza stadium in San Siro, with the participation of highly successful international artists, including the five-time Grammy Award winner Mariah Careythe Golden Globe winner Laura Pausini and the famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocellias well as the award-winning actor and producer Pierfrancesco Favino and the Emmy-nominated star of The White Lotus Sabrina Impacciatore. The closing will instead be in a special location such as the Verona Arenawith a show created by Filmmaster that will merge music, art and sporting spirit.
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In between, 195 events which will award 1,146 total medals, of which 245 gold, with different weights based on the metal. In fact, that d’oro will be heavier (506g), then that of argento (500g) and finally the lightest one will be bronze (420g). The medals will have a diameter of 80mm and a thickness of 10mm and will be the great protagonists of the event given that all the competing athletes dream of at least one.
All the best resorts will give life to the show, starting from alpine skiing with the Stelvio di Bormio and the Olympia delle Tofane of Cortinathen biathlon with Anterselvathe bottom with the Val di Fiemmesnowboarding and freestyle a Livignoto conclude with the ski jumping a Predazzo and hockey, speed and artistic skating in that of Milano.
And if the opening ceremony on February 6th officially marks the start, The first training sessions and the first preliminary rounds will take place as early as February 4th including alpine skiing, ski jumping, sledding, hockey and curling. Practically an appetizer.
Not just the Olympics, because Italy will also be the scene of the Winter Paralympicstaking place exactly one month later with the start on March 6th and closing on March 15th and with 16 disciplines scheduled. Milan-Cortina is around the corner. Let the show begin.
