Italian 2026 Winter Olympic organisers named American ski resort Lake Placid as their "Plan B" on Friday should work on the new bobsleigh slope at Cortina d'Ampezzo not be ready in time.

Milano-Cortina, l'ultimo capitolo sulla pista da bob è clamoroso: "Se i lavori non finiscono in tempo, il piano B è Lake Placid, negli Usa"

Il Fatto Quotidiano

Rome

Metropolitan City of Rome

Lazio

Italy

Milan-Cortina, the last chapter on the bobsled track is resounding: “If the work doesn't finish on time, plan B is Lake Placid, in the US.”

The Milano Cortina Foundation: “The US is an official solution B, but only if you don't go to Cortina on which reassurances continue to arrive”

La Fondazione Milano Cortina:"Gli Usa soluzione B ufficiale, ma solo nel caso non si vada a Cortina su cui continuano ad arrivare rassicurazioni"

Media Bias/Fact Check

This Friday, the organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy announced that the Lake Placid track (United States) would be the backup solution for bobsleigh and luge, if the Cortina d'Ampezzo track was not ready in time. The latter has been under construction since February 2024.

Ce vendredi, les organisateurs des Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2026 en Italie ont annoncé que la piste de Lake Placid (États-Unis) serait la solution de secours pour le bobsleigh et la luge, si la piste de Cortina d'Ampezzo n'était pas prête à temps. Cette dernière est en construction depuis février 2024.

JO 2026 : La piste américaine de Lake Placid comme plan B pour la luge et le bobsleigh aux Jeux de Milan-Cortina 2026

L'ÉQUIPE

Boulogne-Billancourt

Hauts-de-Seine

Île-de-France

France

2026 Olympics: The American track in Lake Placid as a plan B for luge and bobsleigh at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games

A race against timeConstruction on the bobsled track in Cortina, led by Pizzarotti and infrastructure company Simico, must be completed by mid-March 2025 to the point where advance certification can be carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and sports associations. Only then would final approval be possible in October 2025. If this fails, an alternative plan could come into force: The bobsleigh, sled and skeleton competitions w…

Ein Wettlauf gegen die ZeitDie Bauarbeiten an der Bobbahn in Cortina, geleitet von der Firma Pizzarotti und der Infrastrukturgesellschaft Simico, müssen bis Mitte März 2025 so weit abgeschlossen sein, dass eine Vorab-Zertifizierung durch das Internationale Olympische Komitee (IOC) und die Sportverbände erfolgen kann. Nur dann wäre die endgültige Genehmigung im Oktober 2025 möglich. Gelingt dies nicht, könnte ein Alternativplan in Kraft treten: D…

Olympia 2026: Lake Placid (USA) als Bob-Alternative für Cortina? - Sport

stol.it

Bolzano

Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol

Trentino-South Tyrol

Olympics 2026: Lake Placid (USA) as a bobsleigh alternative for Cortina?

The Local - It

Lake Placid chosen as Olympic venue if Italy's gamble on Cortina backfires

If the Italian organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo fail to build a bobsleigh and luge track in time, the backup plan is to hold the competitions in the American state of New York, 6,000 kilometers away, agencies report.

V kolikor italijanskim prirediteljem zimskih olimpijskih iger 2026 v Cortini d'Ampezzo ne bo pravočasno uspelo zgraditi steze za bob in sankanje, je rezervni načrt izvedba tekmovanj v 6000 kilometrov oddaljeni ameriški zvezni državi New York, poročajo agencije.

STA: Lake Placid rezervna bob proga za OI 2026 v Italiji

sta.si

STA: Lake Placid reserve bobsleigh track for 2026 Olympics in Italy

Work is on schedule according to the organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympics. MAXPPP – Pierre Teyssot    The American track in Lake Placid will be the alternative solution for the organizers of the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina if the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events cannot take place on the Cortina track, the construction of which is progressing according to schedule, they indicated on Friday, January 3.  “Lake Placid is our official Pl…

thesaxon.org

Why some events at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics could be held in the United States, more than 6,000 kilometers from Italy ?

World Championships and World Cups in Three Different Sports in 2025 Winter Schedule Lake Placid Celebrates 45th Anniversary of Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid – New York State Is in Targeted Dialogue as the Plan B Back-Up Location For 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games’ Sliding Events Follows State Investment To Upgrade…

Lake Placid chosen as Olympic venue if Italy's gamble on Cortina backfires

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics