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[NASA] Milano Cortina 2026

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December 8, 2025

No Olympic competitions covers more ground than the 50-kilometer

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. The grueling event takes more than 2 hours to complete, requiring competitors to ski a distance longer than a marathon. That’s still, however, less than an eighth of the distance between the two official host cities of the
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and
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—Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

With events spread across more than 22,000 square kilometers (8,500 square miles) and eight cities or towns in northern Italy, these are the most geographically dispersed Games in Olympic history. The decentralized design was intentional, allowing planners to control costs and make the event more sustainable by using existing venues rather than constructing several expensive new facilities. More than 90 percent of the

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are existing or temporary facilities, including some refurbished facilities that were used in the
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Games.                              

About 2,900 athletes will compete across 116 events over 19 days in 13 venues in what will be the third time Italy has hosted the Games. Several of the key event venues are visible in these satellite images of the two largest host cities—Milan and Verona. The

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(Operational Land Imager) on
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and
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captured the images on December 8 and 9, 2025, respectively.

Olympic festivities will kick off officially on February 6 at

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with performances by pop star Mariah Carey, classical singer Andrea Bocelli, classical instrumentalist Lang Lang, and Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini. Built in 1925, San Siro is Italy’s largest stadium and the longtime home of renowned football clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan.

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December 9, 2025

Milan will mostly host indoor ice events in several other venues around the city. Ice hockey will be spread across two venues, the

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and the temporary
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. The former, located east of the city in the green and residential Santa Giulia district, is the only new permanent venue constructed for the Games. The latter, in Milano Ice Park, is a temporary transformation of the
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exhibition center, a complex of pavilions and a convention center northwest of the city center.

Speed skating and figure skating will be in the

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, an 11,500-person stadium in Assago, a small town just outside of Milan. Outside of the Olympics,
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is used by a skating school and basketball team and as a venue for tennis, squash, swimming, and several other sports.

The February 22 closing ceremonies will take place in Verona, a city of about 250,000 people 150 kilometers east of Milan, in

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, an ancient Roman amphitheater that was built between the 1st and 3rd centuries. What was once used for animal hunts and gladiator battles will serve as the backdrop for musicians, dancers, and artists in a ceremony that
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will honor the spirit of athletics and Italy’s rich cultural heritage. The arena, with a seating capacity of about 22,000, is the third-largest surviving amphitheater in Europe and unusually well-preserved.

New events this year will include men’s and women’s ski mountaineering, skeleton mixed team relay, women’s doubles luge, freestyle skiing dual moguls, and women’s large hill ski jumping. The 2026 Olympic mascots are

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, a brother-and-sister pair of cheerful, scarf-wearing animated stoats with names inspired by Milan and Cortina.
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, also called ermine, are fierce predators in the weasel family known for reportedly mesmerizing prey with
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and for having fur that changes from dark brown in the summer to white in the winter. In Italy, stoats typically live in the mountains above 3,500 meters (11,500 feet).

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the 

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. Story by Adam Voiland.

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References & Resources

  • ArchDaily (2026, February 6
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • ESPN (2026, January 16)
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • International Olympic Committee (2026, January 29)
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • International Olympic Committee (2026, January 9)
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • International Olympic Committee (2025, October 23)
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • Nicoliello, M. (2024)
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    . Business for Sustainability, 22, 163-181.
  • Raco, M. & Di Vita, S. (2024)
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    . Planning Perspectives, 39,(3), 710-719.
  • SportsTravel (2026, February 3)
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    . Accessed February 4, 2026.
  • The New York Times (2023, July 3)
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