Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Isidoros Kouvelos on the right with President of the Milano Cortina Organising Committee Giovanni Malago holds the torch during Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece on December 4, 2025. Photo by Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Isidoros Kouvelos on the right with President of the Milano Cortina Organising Committee Giovanni Malago holds the torch during Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece on December 4, 2025. Photo by Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Isidoros Kouvelos on the right with President of the Milano Cortina Organising Committee Giovanni Malago holds the torch during Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece on December 4, 2025. Photo by Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Handover of the Olympic Flame - Athens

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Isidoros Kouvelos on the right with President of the Milano Cortina Organising Committee Giovanni Malago holds the torch during Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece on December 4, 2025. Photo by Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Milan-Cortina 2026 Flame Lighting Ceremony - Greece

Milan-Cortina 2026 Flame Lighting Ceremony - Greece

Isidoros Kouvelos, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, speaks during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 26, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Li Jing/ABACAPRESS.COM

Milan-Cortina 2026 Flame Lighting Ceremony - Greece

Milan-Cortina 2026 Flame Lighting Ceremony - Greece

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry (2nd R) and Isidoros Kouvelos, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee arrive at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia before the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 26, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Li Jing/ABACAPRESS.COM