US EditionTorch Arrives in Co-Host Cortina on Anniversary of 1956 Games
The relay commemorates the 1956 Winter Games and builds excitement for the Feb 6–22 Olympics co-hosted by Cortina and Milan.
- The torch relay reached Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday for its 50th leg, with torchbearers pictured in the co-host town.
- Ahead of the Games, organizers ran the relay to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, coinciding with the relay stop.
- Cortina will stage women's Alpine skiing, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton at a new sliding centre, and contractors are racing to finish a new cable car.
- Rebuilding the Eugenio Monti sliding centre cost around 118 million euros, and opponents complained about environmental impact and questioned its post-Games use.
- Earlier the relay passed through Vajont, where a 1963 landslide killed an estimated 1,900 people; Cortina d'Ampezzo has around 5,000 residents and a history of films including 1960s comedies.
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Milano Cortina 2026: Olympics-Torch Arrives in Co-Host Cortina on Anniversary of 1956 Games
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The Olympic torch relay reached the co-host Cortina d’Ampezzo on Monday, heading into the Dolomite town on the 70th anniversary of the opening of its 1956 Winter Games.
Olympic Torch Relay Arrives in Cortina as Milano Cortina 2026 Countdown Continues
Milan-Italy-According to the Olympic organizers, the Olympic Torch Relay reached Cortina d’Ampezzo on January 26, marking a symbolic moment in the lead-up to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The arrival coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 1956 Winter Games, the first Olympics ever staged in Italy. As the flame moved through the heart of the Dolomites, it illuminated a town deeply woven into Olympic history.…
The flame has arrived in the first of the two host cities of this year's Winter Games. Up to Milan it is still one and a half weeks.One and a half weeks before the start of the Olympic Winter Games, the Olympic fire has arrived in Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the two official host cities.The torch arrived in Cortina exactly 70 years after the start of the first winter games.The 6,000-inhabitant community in the Italian Alps was already host in 1956…
All the excitement of Danilo Stramare, back to bring the Olympic torch (ANSA)
In a few days, the Winter Games will begin in Italy. In Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Olympic fire now rushed through the ice channel.
Olympics-Torch arrives in co-host Cortina on anniversary of 1956 Games
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Olympic torch relay reached the co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday, heading into the Dolomite town on the 70th anniversary of the opening of its 1956 Winter Games.
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