<br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The President of the Italian Republic, <strong>Sergio Mattarella</strong>declared the opening of<strong> Olympics</strong> winter of <strong>Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026</strong>.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The lighting of the pyre, the highlight of any opening ceremony, was attended by three giants of Italian white sport, <strong>Alberto Tomba</strong> Yes <strong>Deborah Compagnoni </strong>in<strong> Milan</strong> Yes<strong> Sofia Goggia </strong>in <strong>Ampezzo Curtain</strong>all Olympic alpine skiing champions.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-free-html "><span class="block-element container-center"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="es"> <a href="https://twitter.com/teledeporte/status/2019902619959939128"/> </blockquote> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">For the first time in Olympic history, two cauldrons were lit while Milan (ice sports) and Cortina (snow sports) share the maximum protagonism of the <strong>2026 Winter Games</strong>which will have six other sub-headquarters, <strong>Livigno</strong>, <strong>Predazzo</strong>, <strong>Bormio</strong>, <strong>Anterselva-Anthoiz</strong>, <strong>Verona</strong> Yes <strong>Tesero</strong>.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Few Italian athletes with the charisma and quality of <strong>Alberto Tomba</strong>the<strong> 'Pump'</strong> which fell and shone with all its splendor during the 80s and 90s of the 20th century, with three golds and two silvers in its Olympic record.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><span class="content-related content-border related-double " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="related-double-module-container "> </span><span class="related-double-module-container "> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Among the final four heroes, only <strong>Sofia Goggia </strong>He remains active and, in fact, aspires to a third consecutive medal after winning gold in 2018 and bronze in 2022, both in the queen discipline of alpine skiing, downhill.</p> <span class="content-free-html "><span class="block-element container-center"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="es"> <a href="https://twitter.com/Eurosport_ES/status/2019894656239124954"/> </blockquote> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">After a journey of more than 12,000 kilometers since its ignition in <strong>Olympics </strong>On November 26th, the Olympic flame, carried by former football players <strong>Giuseppe Bergomi </strong>Yes <strong>Franco Baresi</strong>entered the <strong>San Siro Stadium</strong> under the tenor's portentous interpretation of 'Nessun dorma' <strong>Andrea Bocelli</strong>ecstasy before the moment of final ignition.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span> <figure class="composite-image image-container " data-gtm-element-container="button-gallery"> <div class="picture-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 638px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_desktop_filter/uploads/2026/02/06/69866e2f65d83.jpeg" width="544" height="363"> <source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_intermediate_filter/uploads/2026/02/06/69866e2f65d83.jpeg" width="607" height="405"> </source></source></picture><span class="visible-md inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span><span class="visible-xs inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p class="caption-title ">Sofia Goggia sets up Cortina d'Ampezzo's pebetero</p> <span class="caption-author ">Milan-Cortina 2026</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The flame left the Stadium again for other previous performances and the journey of the last relievers:<strong> Gustav Thöni </strong>gave the last relief to <strong>Goggia</strong> in Livigno and <strong>Tomb</strong> Yes <strong>Comrades </strong>They shared the spotlight as they lit the cauldron in the <strong>Arc of Peace</strong> of <strong>Milan</strong>.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/> </div><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>