Overview
- An opening show featuring Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini leads a ceremony split across sites, with two Olympic cauldrons at Milan’s Arco della Pace and Cortina’s Piazza Dibona.
- Athlete parades are staged simultaneously in San Siro, Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo, reflecting the Games’ decentralized format.
- Organizers report venues are ready after late work on key sites, including Milan’s main hockey arena, an unfinished gondola in Cortina and ongoing finishing around the sliding track.
- Roughly 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will compete in 16 disciplines from Feb. 4–22, with 116 events and the return of NHL players to the Olympic hockey tournament.
- New program elements include the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering, a skeleton mixed team event, women’s doubles in luge and added freestyle and ski‑jump formats; coverage varies by market with NBC/Peacock in the U.S., Claro Sports across much of Latin America, Televisa/ViX in Mexico and RTVE/Eurosport/MAX in Spain.