15 May 2023
Celebrations to mark 1,000 days to go until the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 took place across the host region on 13 May, with local youth taking centre stage, as excitement continues to build throughout Italy.
In Milan, more than 10,000 young people gathered at the Arena-Brera for the grand final of the “Trofei di Milano 2023” – an interschool event combining education, culture and sport. The initiative forms part of the Organising Committee’s Generation 2026 commitment, which aims to engage Italian youth in sport in the build-up to the Games, with the 2023 edition reaching 41,965 students from 98 schools.
Celebrations also took place in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the streets of the historic centre were filled with over 600 young people wearing Milano Cortina 2026 T-shirts to mark the 1,000-day countdown, while in Bormio and Livigno, 1,000 children gathered to form the number 1,000 against the backdrop of the Valtellina mountains. ……….. To read the full article on the IOC website CLICK HERE
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