Milan, Italy, Feb 6, 2026 (AFP) - Italy set for Winter Olympics opening ceremony as Vonn passes test

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2026-02-06

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will officially open with a star-studded ceremony at the San Siro stadium on Friday after US ski great Lindsey Vonn passed a crucial test of her injured knee. The most geographically dispersed Games in history will get underway in Italy's economic capital at 1900 GMT with a three-hour extravaganza that takes in the three other clusters spread across the Alps and the Dolomite mountains. For the first time the 2,90......

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