The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.

4 hours ago · The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kick off Feb. 6 with an Opening Ceremony at San Siro Stadium in Milan (with non-medal competition beginning Feb. 4). The 116 medal events — most in Winter Olympic history — will be scattered across Northern Italy from Milan in the west to Cortina d’Ampezzo in the east.

Aug 11, 2024 · Here's where the 2026 Winter Olympics will be located: The 2026 Winter Olympics will be hosted in two cities: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The site was selected in 2019, when the...

6 days ago · 7. Cortina Sliding Center. The century-old sliding center in Cortina is being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Winter Olympics. But it’s unclear whether the work will be finished in time, so the IOC has demanded a backup plan that would require moving bobsled, luge and skeleton events all the way to Lake Placid, New York.

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5 days ago · The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, which open one year from today, feature the Olympic debuts of one sport and six new events within existing sports. The Opening Ceremony is next Feb. 6 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.

Dec 9, 2024 · The official competition schedule for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is online. 116 Olympic and 79 Paralympic gold medals up for grabs, and more than 3,500 athletes: it promises to be an unforgettable edition.

The Winter Olympics will take place from February 6 to February 22, with the Paralympics following from March 6 to March 15. Where are the next Olympics? Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are the hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Find out all the essential information about the next Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: venues, dates and sports More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will be competing for 195 medals in 16 Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic …

To mark one year until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today sent official invitations to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and their top winter sport athletes to participate in the XXV Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, set to take place from 6 to 22 ...