Bach says Italy 'ready' to host Winter Olympics

One year out from the Milan Cortina Games, Olympic chief says 'Italy is ready.' But is it?
The International Olympic Committee has set a deadline for the end of next month for pre-certification of the Cortina track. There is a Plan B option that would require moving bobsled, luge and skeleton events all the way to Lake Placid, New York, if it isn’t finished in time.
IOC President Bach in Italy to mark one year to go until Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
IOC President Thomas Bach was in Italy this week for meetings in Rome and Milan, where he joined the ceremony to mark one year to go until the Olympic Winter Games Milano
Bach says Italy 'ready' to host Winter Olympics as one-year countdown begins
Thomas Bach said Italy is ready to host next year's Winter Olympics as the one-year countdown to the sprawling Milan-Cortina Games began at an event in Italy's economic capital on Thursday.
Olympics-Italy starts countdown to 2026 Milano-Cortina Games
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Italy began the one-year countdown to the Winter Olympics on Thursday with a series of events designed to fuel enthusiasm for the Games that will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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