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Snowboarding: Ayumu Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, attends an event in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February 2026. Hirano won the World Cup opener in the current season in China earlier in the month.

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Snowboarding: Ayumu Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, attends an event in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February 2026. Hirano won the World Cup opener in the current season in China earlier in the month.

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian former basketball player Andrea Bargnani runs with the Olympic torch in front of the Pantheon during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri runs with the Olympic torch during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearers Italian former basketball player Andrea Bargnani (L) and Antonio Piciocchi perform a torch kiss in front of the Pantheon during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

The torchbearer Italian singer Achille Lauro carries the Olympic torch during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian basketball player Luigi Datome waits in front of the Castel Sant'Angelo during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian former basketball player Andrea Bargnani carries the Olympic torch in front of the Pantheon during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearers Italian basketball player Luigi Datome (L) and Maki Hidetoshi from Japan perform a torch kiss in front of the Castel Sant'Angelo during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian basketball player Luigi Datome carries the Olympic torch in front of the Castel Sant'Angelo during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian basketball player Luigi Datome waits with a Olympic torch in front of the Castel Sant'Angelo during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Day of The Olympic Flame Official Tour - Rome

Torchbearer Italian basketball player Luigi Datome waits with a Olympic torch in front of the Castel Sant'Angelo during the torch relay for 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Rome, Italy, Dec. 6, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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1st torch relay runner for Milan-Cortina Olympics

Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri lights the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic torch in Rome on Dec. 6, 2025, kicking off the Games' torch relay.

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1st torch relay runner for Milan-Cortina Olympics

Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri runs in Rome on Dec. 6, 2025, kicking off the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic torch relay.

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1st torch relay runner for Milan-Cortina Olympics

Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri runs in Rome on Dec. 6, 2025, kicking off the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic torch relay.

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Miran-Cortina Olympics

Italian President Sergio Mattarella lights the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic cauldron during a ceremony in Rome on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Miran-Cortina Olympics

Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic organizing committee president Giovanni Malago (R) and Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini arrive at an airport near Rome on Dec. 4, 2025, carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Uniforms for volunteer staff to assist medal presentation ceremonies at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are unveiled by the organizing committee on Dec. 2, 2025, in Milan.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Uniforms for volunteer staff to assist medal presentation ceremonies at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are unveiled by the organizing committee on Dec. 2, 2025, in Milan.

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Official store for Milan-Cortina Winter Games

The official Megastore for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics opens in Piazza Duomo in Milan on Nov. 28, 2025.

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Official store for Milan-Cortina Winter Games

The official Megastore for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics opens in Piazza Duomo in Milan on Nov. 28, 2025.

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Official store for Milan-Cortina Winter Games

The official Megastore for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics opens in Piazza Duomo in Milan on Nov. 28, 2025.

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Milan-Cortina Olympic flame lightning ceremony

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry (2nd from R) leaves the Archaeological Museum of Olympia following the flame lighting ceremony for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Nov. 26, 2025, in ancient Olympia, Greece. The ceremony was held inside the museum due to cloudy weather.

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Milan-Cortina Olympic flame lightning ceremony

Greek rower Petros Gkaidatzis (R), a 2024 Paris Olympic bronze medalist, and Stefania Belmondo, two-time women's cross-country skiing Olympic gold medalist from Italy, carry the Olympic flame in front of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, on Nov. 26, 2025, in ancient Olympia, Greece. The ceremony was held inside the museum due to cloudy weather.

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2025 shows the Unipol Forum in Milan, Italy, which will serve as the Milano Ice Skating Arena during the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, hosting short track speed skating and figure skating events. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena under renovation at Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Milano Speed Skating Stadium under renovation at Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 4, 2025 shows San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

People walk past the emblems of Olympic and Paralympic Games in front of the City Hall of Milan in Milan, Italy, Oct. 29, 2025. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

People walk past the emblems of Olympic and Paralympic Games in front of the City Hall of Milan in Milan, Italy, Oct. 29, 2025. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena under renovation at Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Milano Speed Skating Stadium under renovation at Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025 shows the Lombardy Building in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows the Milano Speed Skating Stadium under renovation at Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Preparations - Italy

This photo taken on Nov. 4, 2025 shows San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will open on February 6, 2026 at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Photo by Li Jing /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2026 Winter Olympics' closing ceremony theme unveiled

Damiano Tommasi (L), mayor of Verona, addresses a presentation event for the concept of the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Verona, Italy, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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2026 Winter Olympics' closing ceremony theme unveiled

Andrea Varnier (L), CEO of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics organizing committee, and its president Giovanni Malago address a presentation event for the concept of the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Verona, Italy, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2025, shows the Olympic rings in Livigno, the northern Italian town that will host the snowboard and freestyle skiing events during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2025, shows the Olympic rings in Bormio, the northern Italian town that will host the alpine skiing and ski mountaineering events during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2025, shows 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics banners in Bormio, the northern Italian town that will host the alpine skiing and ski mountaineering events.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025, shows an Olympic rings monument at Milan Linate Airport in Milan, ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025, shows an Olympic rings monument at Milan Malpensa Airport in the province of Varese, Italy, ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Milan-Cortina Olympics podium

The design of the podiums for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics is unveiled in Milan on Oct. 29, 2025, 100 days ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony, with Olympic mascot Tina standing on one of them.

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Milan-Cortina Olympics podium

Executives of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee pose for a photo in Milan as they unveil the design of the podiums on Oct. 29, 2025, with 100 days to go to the Olympic opening ceremony.

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100 days until Milan-Cortina Olympics

Photo shows a countdown clock for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan on Oct. 29, 2025, with 100 days to go to its opening ceremony.

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100 days until Milan-Cortina Olympics

Photo shows a countdown clock for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan on Oct. 29, 2025, with 100 days to go to its opening ceremony.

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100 days until Milan-Cortina Olympics

Photo shows a countdown clock for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan on Oct. 29, 2025, with 100 days to go to its opening ceremony.

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Tmall Super Surprise

SHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 28, 2025 - The art installation of the Milan Winter Olympics mascots Tina and Milo at the Tmall Super Surprise brand pop-up celebration in Shanghai, China on October 28, 2025.