Winter Olympic Games Milan-Cortina 2026 | Everything you need to know: When, where, who, what and why! Arenas, sports, medals, mascots

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will take place between February 6 and 22, 2026, bringing together the best athletes in the world in winter competitions. The opening ceremony will be in Milan, and the closing ceremony in Verona. The 2026 edition is unique, taking place in several cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, with the aim of reducing costs and environmental impact.

There are 116 events scheduled (implicitly, 116 Olympic titles), grouped into 16 disciplines (in Olympic language, the disciplines are the "sports" in the winter program). The Games have grown significantly in the number of participants (from a few hundred in 1924 to nearly 3,000 in the modern era), and the proportion of women's events has steadily increased.

Romania is preparing for the Winter Olympics in Milan with a large delegation. We will have athletes competing in biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, luge, bobsleigh, figure skating, but also in a discipline making its debut at the Winter Olympics: ski mountaineering.

WE LOVE SPORT is the only editorial office in Romania that will have two representatives at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics!