Milano Cortina 2026 is here: Winter Olympics return to Italy
India Today
The games opened Friday in Milan, then spread across the Dolomites, a 22,000 sq km Olympic region built for TV, travel, and speed.
The 2026 Winter Olympics began on Friday, February 6, and will run until February 22. Italy is hosting again, but not in one city. These are the most spread-out Winter Games yet, split between Milan and mountain venues across northern Italy.
For Indian viewers, the Winter Games can feel easy to miss: they arrive soon after a packed sports calendar and less than 18 months after Paris. But this edition is unusually watchable. More venues, more events, more time zones that suit late-night viewing, and a medal table that still tells a blunt story about who owns winter.
The 2026 Olympics, the most geographically widespread Winter GamesIce hockey and skiing events are the main focus as the Games return to the Alps.
The Winter Olympics are back, and they’re doing that classic Olympic trick: arriving when you’re already busy.
The opening ceremony took place on Friday in Milan. The closing is on February 22. In between, the games hop from city ice to mountain snow, a single Olympics staged across a wide swath of northern Italy.
Milan hosts indoor events and the ceremony. Cortina d’Ampezzo is the Alpine and sliding hub. Livigno takes snowboarding and freestyle. Antholz hosts a biathlon. Ski mountaineering runs on Alpine courses built for steep climbs and fast descents.
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