The country, however, has not yet defined which city will apply.
Italy became the first country on Tuesday (10) to formalize its candidacy to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. On the other hand, the decision of which city will enter the dispute, Milan, Turin or Cortina d'Ampezzo, was postponed by the Italian National Olympic Committee (Coni)
At the meeting of its national council, the entity unanimously decided to send Italy's candidacy for the 2026 Olympics and established a commission to evaluate the dossiers presented by the three competing cities.
The winner should be announced at the next Coni national council meeting, on August 1st or September 10th. The committee will be coordinated by general secretary Carlo Mornati and composed of the entity's two vice-presidents, Franco Chimenti and Alessandra Sensini, and the heads of the Italian Winter Sports Federation, Flavio Roda, and the Italian Ice Sports Federation, Andrea Gios.
A representative of the Coni athletes' commission, former athletes and members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will also join the group. The president of Coni, Giovanni Malagó, explained that the commission could even recommend the union of the three candidacies, something already rejected by Milan.
“The union of the three cities would be a true candidacy, 100% proudly Italian, and is not something to be excluded. In my dream world, it would be something beautiful”, declared the top hat. “It must, however, be the responsibility of the commission, of which I am not part, to understand whether to unite the three regions and cities”, he added.
Against Turin, there is the fact that the city has already organized the Winter Games in 2006 – Cortina also hosted the mega event, but in the distant year of 1956. The small Venetian village of 6 thousand inhabitants also has the support of Trentino-Alto Adige, a neighboring region that would host some sports, such as skating and hockey.
The winning city in Italy must compete for the right to host the 2026 Games with Calgary (Canada), Graz (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Erzurum (Turkey) and Sapporo (Japan).
Originally published by the portal EARTH
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