Question: Which among the following countries will host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games?
(a) Norway
(b) Italy
(c) Sweden
(d) Japan
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- On 24th June, 2019, Thomas Bach, President of International Olympic Committee announced that the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Italy.
- The International Olympic Committee voted to hold the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
- The announcement was being made in the presence of Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte.
- Italy won the bid over Stockholm (Sweden) to host the Winter Games. It’ll be the first time that the Games will be held in Italy since Turin hosted in 2006.
- The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place from 6th to 22nd February and the 2026 Winter Paralympics will be held from 6th to 15th March.
- The opening ceremony will be held at Milan’s San Siro soccer stadium, which hosted the 1990 soccer World Cup, and the closing ceremony is scheduled to take place in an amphitheater in Verona.
- The 2022 Games were awarded to Beijing almost by default as a number of potential host cities withdrew.
Links:
https://www.italytravel.com/2019/06/italy-to-host-2026-winter-games-in-milan-cortina/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/sports/olympics/italy-2026-winter-olympics.html
https://time.com/5613285/italy-hosts-2026-winter-olympics/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/italy-selected-host-2026-winter-olympics-n1020881
http://fortune.com/2019/06/26/italy-won-the-2026-winter-olympics-bid-heres-why-that-could-be-trouble/
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/olympics-winter-games-2020-italy
https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/48748380
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/news/cortina-milan-italy-announced-as-hosts-of-the-2026-winter-olympic-games/