Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Olympics will be jointly held in Milan and Cortina
Milan-Cortina has won the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics after the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announced the decision Monday.
IOC officials voted between the Italian bid and one from the Swedish city of Stockholm-Are.The announcement marks the Winter Olympics' return to Europe, with the event having been hosted by Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018 and the Chinese city of Beijing staging the Games in 2022.Italy has twice hosted Winter Olympics in the past -- Cortina in 1956 and Turin in 2006 -- but it will be the first held in Milan.
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