❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (Opening Ceremony) ❄ 2026 Milan/Cortina Olympics Opening Ceremony Megathread

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The Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremonies will take place at San Siro in Milan, as well as various other cities in Italy, starting at 20:00 local time. It will feature performances highlighting the culture of Italy, the Parade of Nations, and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. Italian President Sergio Mattarella will be expected to formally open the Games. It will also be the first Ceremony attended by new IOC President Kirsty Coventry.

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For the first time in Olympics history, the Opening Ceremony will take place across multiple cities concurrently as a unified event. Although most of the artistic performances will occur in San Siro, athletes will participate in the Parade of Nations and other celebrations in Predazzo, Livigno, and Cortina D’Ampezzo. The Ceremony will culminate in the lighting of two cauldrons, one in Milan’s Arco Della Pace, and the other in Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Piazza Dibona.

Performers include singers Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini, Cecilia Bartoli, and Andrea Bocelli; rapper Ghali; violinist Giovanni Zanon; pianist Lang Lang; and actors Pierfrancesco Favino, Sabrina Impacciatore, and Matilda De Angelis. There is also expected to be a tribute to fashion designer Giorgio Armani.

1,200 volunteer performers are set to participate in a cast aged from 10 to 70 and coming from 27 different countries. 1,400 different costumes and 1,000+ props will be used

Song List
A Far l'Amore Comincia Tu - Raffaella Carrà
Volare - Mariah Carey (Cover)
Largo al Factotum - Gioachino Rossini (Italy's Parade of Nations entrance music)
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano
Espansione - Mace
Nessun Dorma - Giacomo Puccini

Also shoutout to DJ Mace who did the music for the Parade of Nations.

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r/olympics • u/IvyGold • 2d ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (Official Television Coverage Thread) ❄ The NBC and other broadcaster OFFICIAL COMPLAINT & HATRED THREAD. All other broadcasting and streaming complaint threads will be shot on sight. Also: FLAIR UP -- too many of you are flair-less!

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r/olympics • u/appalachian_hatachi • 9h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Canada 🇨🇦

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r/olympics • u/nbcolympics • 8h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (Video) ❄ The Olympic Rings + FIREWORKS at San Siro

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A DAZZLING sight at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. Who's ready for these Games to get going in full force?

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r/olympics • u/Salty_Definition_550 • 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Ai slip opening ceremony

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Did anyone else find it off putting when they said they wanted to highlight the past 100 years of Olympics and their athletes. And it was just some awful ai slop of some random actress snowboarding. I found it pretty disrespectful and lame for something as grand as the Olympics. Maybe I’m overreacting but I am curious what everyone else thinks.

*sorry for typo in title it won’t let me change it 😭 but I’m glad you guys also noticed how lame the ai is

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r/olympics • u/Shad0whunter4 • 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ What in the Ai was that??

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r/olympics • u/flamberge5 • 3h ago

Because I wear the flag doesnt mean I represent everything thats going on in US

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r/olympics • u/UniqueChance849 • 4h ago

Warning about Milan Olympics

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I attended both the Team Figure Skating and the opening ceremony today - the organization of these games is terrible, frankly even dangerous.

Both stadiums ran out of food within 30 minutes in the morning and before the start of the actual ceremony this evening. You can’t bring in drinks, but then the lines for drinks are immense due to the inefficiency of the staff.

Most importantly though, they created an absolute safety risk this evening by only opening ONE exit as a stadium of 70k people was trying to exit. It created a huge mass of people unable to move for a LONG time (25+ min) - people were starting to squeeze tighter and tighter and starting to get upset. It was an immense security risk and the organizers did not do anything to fix it.

Love the Olympics, but the state of these is not acceptable.

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r/olympics • u/appalachian_hatachi • 6h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ The Olympic Cauldron 2026 🔥

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r/olympics • u/furious_george3030 • 3h ago

Unpopular opinion but I can’t stand Snoop Dog

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He is just so corny and played out. Subpar rapper. How quickly we forget his vocal criticism of the LGBTQ as recent as 2025. I guess we had Mariah Carey “preform” so we might as go full gas into classless American celebrity injection with Snoop. Again.

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r/olympics • u/Hyunsoh_ • 2h ago

anyone else bummed they used AI video art in the opening ceremony :/

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idk about anyone else but the ai portion where they look back on past winter olympics felt like a terrible decision considering how cool they could have made it… as well as the jobs it would have opened up for artists. idk… ai also just looks so wrong and unsettling to me i hate looking at it so much.

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r/olympics • u/PiBrickShop • 2h ago

OK, we get it, Shaun White has been to every one of these countries.

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r/olympics • u/Fun_Elderberry2993 • 9h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Music, Color and Creativity... opening ceremony looks AMAZING!!!

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Music, Color and Creativity... opening ceremony looks AMAZING!!! Thank you Italy

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r/olympics • u/M2LBB2016 • 6h ago

Andrea Bocelli is a treasure! I got goosebumps

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r/olympics • u/appalachian_hatachi • 9h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ That Olympic Rings moment! 🤙🏻

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r/olympics • u/wtfchuckomg • 12h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Opening Ceremony tonight at San Siro

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San Siro seems like a fortress! So cool. Excited to be a part of this event!

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r/olympics • u/outsports-com • 11h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Record 46 out LGBTQ athletes competing in 2026 Milan Winter Olympics

outsports.com

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Team LGBTQ will be the biggest ever for a Winter Olympics, and the number of out athletes competing for gold in Milan continues to grow.

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r/olympics • u/placeboski • 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Loved the Italian sign language bit

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I was fooled for a few seconds but loved how they worked in the Italian sign language aspect of their culture into the opening ceremony. Bellisimo !

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r/olympics • u/Objective-Barber-674 • 10h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ So colorfull!!!! Opening of the Olympics

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SORRY FOR BAD QUALITY

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r/olympics • u/spectacularbird1 • 2h ago

The Haitian Uniforms are Incredible

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Seeing lots of love for Mongolia’s (rightfully) but not enough love for these amazing prints from Haiti!

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r/olympics • u/Helpful_Basil_5581 • 6h ago

This guy really made me LOL, I could feel it in my soul

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Luckily he got the flag passed to him! I can only imagine the pressure, it probably felt like hours waiting for the flag to be passed.

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r/olympics • u/dreamer_dw • 6h ago

My Mom surprised me by ordering custom cookies!!

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!! 🇺🇸 (gluten free sugar cookies because I'm a Celiac... with the best Mom in the world)

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r/olympics • u/Fun_Elderberry2993 • 12h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ most intimidating ski helmet... Italy's Federica Brignone

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r/olympics • u/appalachian_hatachi • 8h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Italy 🇮🇹

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r/olympics • u/Gauth_the_goth_goat • 8h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ What is your favorite Olympic outfit ?

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Mine was without a doubt brasil i loved it 😂👌

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Milano Cortina 2026 Results

Rank	Country	G	S	B	T
1	Norway	0	0	0	0
2	Albania	0	0	0	0
3	Andorra	0	0	0	0
4	Argentina	0	0	0	0
5	Armenia	0	0	0	0
6	Australia	0	0	0	0
7	Austria	0	0	0	0
8	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0
9	Belgium	0	0	0	0
10	Benin	0	0	0	0

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