IOC Voted Italy As The Host Of The 2026 Winter Olympic Games

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David S
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With more than 200 nations participating in the games, the Winter Olympics have always been one of the most important sports events in the world. And while we knew that the next winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China in 2022, the location for the 2026 event was unknown until now. 

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The members of the International Olympic Committee finally voted on the location and they chose Northern Italy as the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with hosting to be shared by the Milan and the Alpine ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo. The resort will be the host of the Winter Olympics for the second time in its history, after hosting the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1956. The opening ceremony will be held at San Siro in Milan and the closing ceremony will be held in the Verona Arena.

The Italian bid was chosen over a dual bid between Stockholm and the ski resort of Are in Sweden. Given the amount of public support for Italy as the next location, the result was more or less expected. The last time that Italy hosted the Winter Olympics was back in 2006 when the event was held in Turin.