Overview
- The flame was presented in Piazza Duomo where Giorgio Minisini and Arianna Sacripante lit the cauldron in the presence of Mayor Giuseppe Sala and Lombardy President Attilio Fontana.
- The relay began with a ceremony in Stoke Mandeville on February 24 and will feature 501 torchbearers across Italian cities including Rome, Bolzano, Bari, Trento, Trieste, Naples and Bologna before a final leg in Veneto.
- The Games will open at the Arena di Verona on March 6, concluding the multi-city torch journey.
- Milan will stage Para ice hockey at the Milano SantaGiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Paralympics.
- Corriere della Sera journalist Simone Fanti, a wheelchair user, carried the torch for a short segment in Turin and described a moving experience.