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Milano Cortina 2026: Winter Olympic Games Kick Off in Northern Italy; Athletes March in Simultaneous Opening Ceremonies

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

15:30 JST, February 7, 2026

MILAN — The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games opened in Northern Italy on Friday. This marks Italy’s third time hosting the Winter Olympics, following Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956 and Turin in 2006, and the first European Winter Olympics since the 2014 Sochi Games in Russia.

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