Milan–Cortina 2026 Maps Out Dispersed Venues Across Italy as Germany Sizes Up Medal Hopes

Overview

• The opening ceremony is set for February 6 in Milan, launching two weeks of events staged exclusively at Italian venues across the north.
• Milan’s new PalaItalia Santa Giulia will host the men’s ice hockey tournament and final with about 16,000 seats, while figure skating and short track move to the Mediolanum Forum in Assago.
• Temporary halls in Rho will stage additional ice hockey and long-track speed skating, placing big-ice events inside the city.
• Cortina will stage curling in its 1956 ice stadium and women’s alpine on the Tofane, Bormio hosts men’s alpine on the Stelvio and the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering, Antholz holds biathlon, Livigno takes freestyle and snowboard, and Predazzo/Lago di Tesero host ski jumping, nordic combined and cross-country.
• Organizers emphasize sustainability with mostly existing venues, though Cortina’s new sliding track has been a long-running point of contention, and Germany tracks medal prospects led by Franziska Preuß, Emma Aicher, Philipp Raimund, Francesco Friedrich, Laura Nolte with Deborah Levi, Julia Taubitz, Max Langenhan, Felix Loch, Vinzenz Geiger, the pair Hase/Volodin and speed skater Finn Sonnekalb.