US EditionOlympics: IOC's Coventry Lauds Japan's 1956 Cortina Games Medalist Igaya
Cortina d'Ampezzo celebrates its Olympic legacy as it prepares to co-host the 2026 Winter Games with Milan, recalling historic 1956 moments and milestones.
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It's 1956: Time travel to when Cortina last hosted the Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics will call both Milan and Cortina home. It’s the first time in Olympic history, winter or summer, that two cities officially are assuming host duties. Cortina d’Ampezzo, however, is no stranger to the global spotlight. The resort town was the site of the Winter Games 70 years ago when skis were longer, TVs were chunkier and the internet was just a twinkle in the world’s collective eye. Join us in a Ford Thunderbird as we…
In 1956 the first edition of the Olympic Games on Rai, between the gaffes of the godmother Sophia Loren and an instrumental use of women. Italy had just entered the UN, but had to get out of the nightmare of the conflict. And the pearl of the Dolomites became the capital of the nascent jet-set
After 70 years, the Olympic Winter Games return to Cortina d'Ampezzo. That's how it was in the Dolomites on the slopes, in the ice stadium or in the Bob Canal.After 70 years, the Olympic Winter Games return to Cortina d'Ampezzo. That's how it was in the Dolomites on the slopes, in the ice stadium or in the Bob Canal. Picture: www.imago-images.deStarts right away! At the opening ceremony Guido Caroli stumbles over a cable with the Olympic flame i…
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