Milan, Italy, Feb 5, 2026 (AFP) - 2026 Winter Olympics flame arrives in Milan

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2026-02-05

The flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics arrived in front of Milan's gothic Duomo Thursday, to cheers and applause from waiting crowds. The torch has travelled 12,000 kilometres (7,456 miles) over 63 days, carried by thousands of torchbearers through more than 300 cities across Italy, before arriving in Milan on the eve of the Games' opening ceremony. Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicol......

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