"What are the key dates and sports for the 2026 Winter Games? The Games will officially open on February 6 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, better known as San Siro, where Inter and AC Milan usually play football. The arena can seat 75,000 spectators. The first competitions will begin two days before the opening ceremony, on February 4, with curling."
"A total of around 2,900 athletes (47% of whom are women) from more than 90 countries will compete for a total of 116 gold, silver, and bronze medals. Germany will be represented by 188 winter athletes, more than ever before at the Winter Games. Ski mountaineering will be an Olympic sport for the first time. The competitions will mostly be held on circular courses."
"Ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, and short track will take place in Milan, while women's alpine skiing, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton, and curling will be in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Other locations in northeastern Italy are also included. The biathlon in Antholz, Livigno will host freestyle skiing and snowboarding, and Bormio and Val di Fiemme will share men's alpine skiing and ski mountaineering."
The 25th Winter Olympics begin with curling on February 4, the opening ceremony on February 6 at Milan's Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro), and conclude February 22 in Verona Arena. Around 2,900 athletes from over 90 countries, 47% women, will compete for 116 medals; Germany sends a record 188 athletes. Milan hosts ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, and short track, while Cortina d'Ampezzo hosts women's alpine skiing, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton, and curling. Antholz, Livigno, Bormio, and Val di Fiemme host biathlon, freestyle, snowboarding, men's alpine, and ski mountaineering events. Ski mountaineering debuts on circular courses.
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