The Opening Ceremony from Milan gets started on Friday afternoon.

Sofia Goggia had a key role in securing the hosting rights of the Milan Cortina Olympics for Italy. So it seemed fitting that the gold medal-winning Italian downhiller lit the cauldron in Cortina to c

Former captain of Romania’s national team and current head coach of Inter Milan, Cristi Chivu, carried the Olympic flame ahead of the official opening ceremony of the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday,

The Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics was Sunday at Verona Arena, and it celebrated Italian culture, history, music and art while recognizing the achievements of all the athletes who competed during the past two-plus weeks.

The end of the 2026 Olympic torch relay culminated with the lighting of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics cauldrons at the opening ceremony on Feb. 6.

The tradition of the Olympic torch relay dates back to the ancient Olympic Games in Greece and was reintroduced to the modern Olympics at the 1936 Berlin Games.

The 2026 Winter Olympics ended as the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were extinguished during a closing ceremony inside ancient Verona Arena.

Corsi, a former standout goalie and current goaltending coach with the Concordia Stingers men’s hockey team, was invited to carry the flame ahead of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. His leg of the relay took place in Varese, the Italian city where he spent much of his professional life after leaving Canada. The moment was deeply personal.