Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 News

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3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

That’s Lago Placido to you, mate.

Actually, I believe it is Llyn Placid to him.

[Gianlu33 5,918]

18 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I am genuinely trying to decide whether or not this is meant in a serious way  

Actually, Italian government (Salvini) says that Cortina is the only option. 

[heywoodu 16,431]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Actually, Italian government (Salvini) says that Cortina is the only option. 

Well that's all nice and well from the government to say, but they do realize that also means the track does actually need to be finished, right?  

 

Don't get me wrong, I definitely hope it will stay in Cortina because it'd suck to have one part of the Olympics in a different country (especially if then they'd choose Innsbruck over St Moritz), but having a finished track would be quite....important  

[Gianlu33 5,918]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Well that's all nice and well from the government to say, but they do realize that also means the track does actually need to be finished, right?  

 

Don't get me wrong, I definitely hope it will stay in Cortina because it'd suck to have one part of the Olympics in a different country (especially if then they'd choose Innsbruck over St Moritz), but having a finished track would be quite....important  

In fact, even speaking with some deputies these days, I believe it has been a political game from the beginning, with part of the opposition wanting international competitions and the government divided between Cortina and Cesana for electoral reasons. It seems that there is still time with the construction, a final decision should be made in January, and the works should be completed by the 2025-26 season, conducting test events.

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16 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

In fact, even speaking with some deputies these days, I believe it has been a political game from the beginning, with part of the opposition wanting international competitions and the government divided between Cortina and Cesana for electoral reasons. It seems that there is still time with the construction, a final decision should be made in January, and the works should be completed by the 2025-26 season, conducting test events.

Too bad for the Italian athletes though. Yet another country throwing away years and years of the easiest possible home advantage in the entire world of Olympic sports  

 

When getting the hosting rights for the Olympics, the very same day construction for the sliding track should get underway and within a year - and so plenty of years before the Olympics - the track should be entirely done....there are no 'easier' medals available in Olympic sports (which isn't to say it's literally easy, because obviously it isn't, but there is no sport where home advantage is easier to get).

Edited December 12, 2023 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 4,246]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Too bad for the Italian athletes though. Yet another country throwing away years and years of the easiest possible home advantage in the entire world of Olympic sports  

 

When getting the hosting rights for the Olympics, the very same day construction for the sliding track should get underway and within a year - and so plenty of years before the Olympics - the track should be entirely done....there are no 'easier' medals available in Olympic sports (which isn't to say it's literally easy, because obviously it isn't, but there is no sport where home advantage is easier to get).

Inevitably there will be some kind of rare wild bird nests, eco-protests, disputes between architects, contractor over-runs etc etc and it will only be finished days before the actual races.

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18 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Inevitably there will be some kind of rare wild bird nests, eco-protests, disputes between architects, contractor over-runs etc etc and it will only be finished days before the actual races.

Welcome in Italy

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48 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Inevitably there will be some kind of rare wild bird nests, eco-protests, disputes between architects, contractor over-runs etc etc and it will only be finished days before the actual races.

And then home crowd cheers for two or three sliding medals when it could easily have been triple the amount  

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7 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Actually, Italian government (Salvini) says that Cortina is the only option. 

do you really think Salvini knows anything about that?

 

he's the most idiot among that bunch of idiots trying to destroy our Country...he doesn't know even what Meloni and her accolades are doing (and they're part of the same government)

 

be sure that if and when he says something, then the outcome can only be the opposite

[Gianlu33 5,918]

Weekly update, with 73 new events (and a shared gold in speed skating). Finally Slovenia won their first podium (and frist victory) of the winter season

 

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