Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

The XXV Olympic Winter Games, also known as Milano-Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from February 6-22, 2026, in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be the fourth Olympic Games hosted in Italy, which previously hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were selected as the host cities on June 24, 2019, at the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Top athletes from around the world will participate in 16 Olympic disciplines at the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. Two weeks of pure competitive spirit in Alpine skiing, Ice hockey, Freestyle skiing, Speed and Short track skating, Cross-country skiing, Figure skating, Snowboarding, Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Luge, Ski jumping, Curling, Biathlon competitions, Nordic combined, and Ski mountaineering.

In Milan, they will compete at the PalaItalia Santa Giulia, the hockey stadium, and the Mediolanum Forum.

The women's Alpine Skiing races will be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, on the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre piste, and the men's races in Bormio, on the Stelvio Ski Centre piste.

South Tyrol and Anterselva/Antholz will be the locations for the biathlon.

In Trentino, the heart of the Winter Games will be in Predazzo and Tesero in the Fiemme Valley, and the valley of Baselga di Piné.

In February 2024, after 1,600 entries and a public poll, stoat siblings Tina and Milo were announced as the official mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Their names are the diminutives of the two host cities: Tina for Cortina and Milo for Milano.

Six little snowdrops known as ‘The Flo’, inspired by the sketch of the pupils of the Istituto Compresivo Sabin, will also accompany the siblings in highlighting the fun and adventure of Milano Cortina 2026.