Madrid sources stated that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the organization of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games to Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo over Stockholm-Are. Meanwhile it will be the third Winter Olympics italy organizes following the 1956 and 2006 games, held in Cortina and Turin respectively. The IOC posted to its official Twitter account on Monday "Milano-Cortina elected as host for the Winter Olympic Games 2026".
Furthermore Milan will succeed Beijing which is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Reportedly italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte led his country's delegate on Monday for the final representation during the IOC's assembly held in the Swiss city of Lausanne. President Sergio Mattarella addressed the delegate via a video-conference.
Moreover a young skater born in Lausanne handed IOC's President Thomas Bach of germany an envelope that included the winning bid after the committee members voted. Perhaps the Italian bid got 47 votes out of 81 valid votes, seven more than the minimum required, while 34 members voted for Stockholm-Are and only one of the members abstained from the secret voting, according to the IOC's official Twitter account.
