The president of the International
Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, said on Thursday that Italy is
ready to write the next chapter of its Olympic history at an
event organized at Milan's Piccolo Theatre one year before the
2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to kick off.
"With pleasure, I would like to invite the various athletes of
the world to return to Italy to celebrate" the Milano-Cortina
2026 Winter Games, he said at the event 'One year to go'.
Bach added that the "torch relay will bring the Olympic flame to
all Italian provinces", noting however that the Milan-Cortina
Games are "taking shape well before the lighting of the torch".
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini thanked
Bach during the event in Milan "for believing in Italy, I think
it is the victory and triumph of the Italy of yes", adding that
the Games would be "an occasion for the entire country".
Milan-Cortina got the 2026 Winter Olympics Monday beating
Stockholm-Aare in a vote by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) in June 2019
The Italian bid beat the Swedish one 47-34 at the first IOC
ballot.
It will be 20 years since the last Winter Olympics in Italy, in
2006 in Turin.
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