Italy's Milan-Cortina wins vote to host 2026 Winter Olympics

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BREAKING: Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee approved a bid to hold the games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

June 24, 2019

Milan-Cortina’s jubilant delegation broke into chants of “Italia! Italia!” when the result was announced. Lindberg challenged her colleagues to reward a new kind of creative, cost-effective bid the IOC has said it wanted — “Or is it just talk?” Now, the IOC seeks to avoid costly new venues — and potential white elephants — while encouraging regions and multi-nation bids to share the load. Hence, Sweden teamed with Latvia, across the Baltic Sea, rather than build its ice sliding sports venue.

Last week, the IOC flagged Stockholm’s village as a risk, and asked for more details of guarantees underwriting the project. Still, a big plus for the Italian bid — uniting Milan, the Alpine ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, and several towns in between — was the IOC’s own polling. It found support from local residents around 85% compared to 60% in Sweden.

 

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It wasn’t that long ago that Italy had them in Turin.

How will this impact Italy's projected growth rate in terms of spending power? As it currently stands, the country is expected to have the lowest growth rate in all of Europe over the next decade:

Awesome for Italy. Beautiful country and great people.

2026 seems so strange to think of.

Won good taste🔝💪

Bravo

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I read this quickly and thought it said India and my mind was blown.

it figures skating =P

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