Overview
- Vice President JD Vance will head the U.S. presidential delegation to the Milan-Cortina Winter Games opening ceremony, accompanied by Usha Vance.
- The group includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta, 2018 hockey gold medalists Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, Apolo Ohno, and Evan Lysacek.
- President Donald Trump will not attend the opening ceremony and is not listed as part of the delegation, according to the White House.
- The opening will split the Parade of Nations between Milan’s San Siro and three mountain venues—Cortina d’Ampezzo, Predazzo, and Livigno—marking a first for the Winter Games.
- The International Olympic Committee stated it will not impose exclusions or sanctions and said it cannot intervene in political disputes between countries.