US EditionCauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Lit at Italy's Presidential Palace with 2 Months to Go
The preliminary cauldron lighting marked the start of a 63-day torch relay across Italy with 10,001 torchbearers, ahead of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games.
- On Friday, a preliminary cauldron was lit at Quirinale Palace, Italy's presidential palace, marking the two-month countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games; organizers said it is dedicated to the torch relay.
- Ignited in Ancient Olympia on Nov. 26, the flame was handed over in Athens earlier this week and touched down in Italy on Thursday for ceremonial display.
- Sergio Mattarella, Italian President, used a torch to ignite the cauldron as Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, and Kirsty Coventry, International Olympic Committee President, attended, concluding with a Frecce Tricolori flyover.
- From Rome's Stadio dei Marmi, the relay leaves December 6 for a 12,000-km route through 20 regions, 110 provinces and 60 cities, carried by 10,001 torchbearers with Gregorio Paltrinieri, Olympic swimming champion, first.
- Nearly 20 years after the 2006 Turin Games, Italy hosts the flame again as the Winter Games run Feb. 6-22, co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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The torch relay for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games began in Rome, with swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri the first of 10,001 runners who will carry the torch until the opening ceremony on February 6, 2026.
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