OLYMPIC GAMES
A unique Olympic Games opened with an equally unique Opening Ceremony. With the words of President Sergio Mattarella at San Siro and the lighting of the cauldrons by Deborah Compagnoni and Alberto Tomba in Milan and Sofia Goggia in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the curtain rose on the 25th Olympic Winter Games, 20 years after Turin 2006.
For the first time in history, the ceremony was hosted by two cities, Milan and Cortina, unfolding as a distributed event that simultaneously connected mountain venues such as Livigno and Predazzo.
A total of 146 Italia Team athletes took part in the Opening Ceremony across the various venues, led by flag bearers Arianna Fontana, Federico Pellegrino, Federica Brignone and Amos Mosaner.
The ceremony concluded with the simultaneous lighting of two Olympic cauldrons – one at the Arco della Pace in Milan and the other in Piazza Angelo Dibona in Cortina – sealing a powerful and emotional opening to the Games.
