Director Balich says athletes' parades made ceremony run long

Team Haiti forced to remove ‘controversial’ figure from uniform at Winter Olympics

Team Haiti sent two athletes to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, although it is what they are wearing that is making the most waves for their team for the winter games.

Director Balich says athletes' parades made ceremony run long

MILAN, Feb 10 : The opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics was a uniquely complex show staged across four locations and its length can be put down to the exuberance of parading athletes, creative director Marco Balich said.Balich said the ceremony delivered a global message of peace, humanity

Olympic opening ceremony: A message of harmony

On Feb. 6, the 25th Winter Olympic Games opened in Milano-Cortino Italy. The U.S. delegation is composed of 232 athletes, the largest group of athletes that the U.S. has ever sent to the winter Olympics.  The lengthy ceremony was a celebration of Italian culture and heritage. It began with Cupid and Psyche coming to life and dancing among neoclassical sculptures. Models wearing the colors of the Italian flag strutted down a runway dressed in Geo…

Stella Jean Team Haiti’s Opening Ceremony Uniforms for the Milano Cortina 2026 Games

Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean designed the hand-painted uniforms for Haiti’s Winter Olympic team, drawing inspiration from Haitian-American artist Edouard Duval-Carrié‘s painting of the revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture.   From the highest peaks of the Caribbean to the heart of the Dolomites. Haiti makes its debut at Milano–Cortina 2026 with Richardson Viano and Stevenson Savart.
Two athletes.
One nation that refuses to disappear.…