With the exact passage of a year until the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, Sky Sports News is taking a closer look at the next competition.
On February 6, 2026, games return to the mountains of Europe after 12 years, and to Italy for the first time in 20 years.
Milan Cortina won the right in 2019 to host games, overcoming the competition from Stockholm.
Milan Courtina will be the first winter games with two cities hosting mainly. Milan will hold the events of “inner ice” while Cortina and the groups surrounding “snow sports”.
Why are the 2026 games task in sports and beyond?
Games return to Europe. Two previous editions of the South Korea Winter Olympics were hosted with Beijing 2022 games, which were severely affected by the strict regulations.
Russia hosted the last match in Europe in 2014 in the city of Sochi, where it only appeared after the end of the games of the state's steroids on a large scale by the Russian state, which eventually banned Russia from many international competitions.
2026 games are organized in Milan and Cortina cities
On a broader geographical scale, three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin Olympic Sochi closed on February 23, Russia invaded and annexed the Crimea from Ukraine.
Climate change and the future of the Winter Olympics will be on the agenda. Due to changing the changing climate of regions, future areas will be able to host traditional winter sports.
All potential presidential candidates at IOC – with upcoming elections in March – have raised this issue as part of their data.
Sebastian Ko and Yan Elias are candidates to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee
Johan Elias, the current president of FIS – the Global Ruling Commission for Ece ice skiing – and also one of the candidates – said that winter games should be granted on a rotation system and that it may not exceed 10 areas in the world games.
Seb Coe, another candidate to become the head of the state IOC, added that the Winter Olympics can also witness new events such as running across the country and some traditional summer Olympic sports that are playing at home moving to the preparation of winter games.
And talking about COE and Eliasch, by the time when the Milan-Carkina Olympics will be opened for 2026, IOC will have a new president after Thomas Bach period for 12 years. A new president, depending on those who are elected, may lead to a major change within the Olympic movement.
Please use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video operator
The presidential presidential candidate explains Lord Sebastian Co, the reason for entertaining the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to organize games in the future and how the sport can work as an incentive to change.
Anxiety about the path of the sport sliding
Over the passage of a year, one of the main facilities of any winter Olympics – the sliding path used in Bobsleight, SeftteLeton and LUGE have not completed.
It is very concerned that the organizers of the International Olympic Committee and the local organizers are so much that the reserve path is in preparation. The problem is that the spare path is not in Italy. It is not even in Europe. Lake Plassed in the United States of America is backup if it is not possible to complete the course of 1650m in Dolomit. Currently 190 workers in the transformation seven days a week. Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni participated, as the patriot pride at stake – Italy wants to be 100 percent Italian Olympic.
Building work takes place at the Cortina Sliding Center, the place of specializations in Bob, Lue and Serclay in games
The option to transfer the sliding events to another path in Italy is no longer an option – the 2006 track used in the Torino Olympics when Italy hosted the last time you face winter games demolish after leaving them unused after these games.
Snow, or its absence, is also a problem. Snowfall in the European mountains has decreased rapidly in the past forty years, and 90 percent of Italian ski resorts depend on artificial snow makers to increase and operate their halls.
While artificial snow makers have been used before in the Olympic Games, they use large amounts of water, and it needs a large amount of energy to operate the machines.
Will the GB team return from 2022 “disappointment”?
Not known as the Winter Olympic Games, Team GB has increased its game in the past few decades, but the last games – in Beijing in 2022 – won only two medals only by “disappointment” by the United Kingdom.
In 2014 and 2018, TEAM GB won five medals in each matches, coinciding with a record record for any British team that extends to more than 100 years.
For Milan Courtina, the hopes are high again as many medal candidates perform a global level in their events. TEAM GB hopes that the sliding path and problems will be solved as it may be a source of medals. Bobsleight was one of the four men led by Brad Hall this season on the platform regularly, including winning gold at a World Cup in Germany last month as they became the first non -German crew to win the event since 2012.
Bobsleight team for the four GB team can compete for a medal
Both the skeleton of women and men are strong again. Thanks, thanks to the women's teams, Team GB won regular medals since she won Chile Rodman in 2006, including Golds for Amy Williams in 2010, and Lizzy Yarnold winning to return to gold in 2014 and 2018.
Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman took the medal this season in the global events, while at the men's event, Matt Weston got gold in January.
Kirsty Muir is among the best in the world. The 20 -year -old won the X Games Silver and Bronze in 2023. Currently outside the work that recovers from the injury of ACL, her goal is to be fit and ready for the medal within 12 months.
Elsewhere, the 17 -year -old skiing was Mia Brooks at the World Cup platform, while Dave Reeding continues in 20 years to mix it with the best skiers in the world. Ryding, one of the great sports characters, will compete in his fifth matches if he is qualified for Milan 2026.
The new Luis Gibson Luis Gibson, “Torvill and Dean”, has been named
The skiers, Layla Al -Khaf and Luis Gibson are also real medals, given their last success in both the World and Europe Championship. They just returned from Estonia with a bronze of the European Championship for this year, making it bronze, silver and silver in the last three tournaments.
She has now begun to overcome her competitors for the main medals, and has placed the new “Torvill & Dean” brand on it. Those who are confident and fear, they embrace the comparison despite the expectation of “Boliro” less and the “Beyonce” loads of their routine.
