Milano/Cortina 2026 Torch

[Hightowerio86]

here's the link for today's ceremony

 

[PikyoK]

Interesting ceremony, given it's now indoors. According to my weather app, it's now partly cloudy so they could've held it outside if they stored the flags, speech podium, mirror and torch indoors.

 

I remember it came close to raining when the torch for PyeongChang 2018 was being lit. It was cloudy so they used a back-up flame lit in a rehearsal the day before the ceremony. 

[Ikarus360]

After what happend in Paris, you can tell even the slightest forecast of rain is enough to make them act over-cautious like today, but when you see the livefeed of Olympia, it doesn't really look like its going to rain. 

[Ikarus360]

"President of the International Olympic Comittee. Double Olympic Champion, Swiming" in the captions.

I see we're going to do this again, huh? 😒

 

[Bear]

if anyone is wondering, yes I am in fact timing the length of her speech 

[Bear]

7:44. Let's work on shortening things before 6 February!

[Ikarus360]

And it begins. Quite bizarre to see a prerecorded Olympia ceremony (the rehearsal from monday I assume).

Stefania Belmondo. The greatest italian winter sport athlete and the one who also lit the cauldron in Torino 2006. Kind of fitting she's also at the start of these new italian games.

[Ikarus360]

Little homage to Innsbruck 64 first torchbearer, and now they stop at the heart of Pierre.

[Ikarus360]

Nice detail with the brass band performing Chariots of Fire. Now that's new.

[PikyoK]

Very great ceremony. Loved that transition from the lighting at the Temple of Hera to the Museum.

[PikyoK]

I can envision the opening ceremony mc saying:

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ... and the president of the International Olympic Committee, Kristy Coventry; Olympic Champion, swimming, 2004 & 2008. 

[Rei]

1 hour ago, Ikarus360 said:

Stefania Belmondo. The greatest italian winter sport athlete and the one who also lit the cauldron in Torino 2006. Kind of fitting she's also at the start of these new italian games.

Surely one of the greatest together with Tomba and Compagnoni. Talking about medals, short track's champion Arianna Fontana has taken the lead as the most decorated italian athlete at the Winter Games. 

[yoshi]

I wonder if Stefania will light the cauldron. I doubt anyone has lit the Olympic flame twice so it could be another little bit of history for Milan Cortina. 

[Rei]

there are already many prominent names in the room here to let her being the last again.. and she's not even from one of the 2026 host regions so.. 

[Shiruba98]

On 11/26/2025 at 2:35 PM, Rei said:

there are already many prominent names in the room here to let her being the last again.. and she's not even from one of the 2026 host regions so.. 

I can imagine them having an athlete from Milan and another from Cortina lighting a cauldron in the stadium together. Unless they're gonna forgo the usual routine and send the final torchbearers to the outdoor cauldron locations.

[Rei]

The olympic flame has arrived in Rome today in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella.

Jasmine Paolini, Paris 2024 Tennis gold medallist, the first athlete to have started the journey to Italy.

 

The 2026 Route will touch, among the others, every regional capital of the country.

Here some of the main stops along the route:

Rome, 4 Dec.

Florence, 11 Dec.

Sardinia, 13 Dec.

Sicily, 15 Dec.

Pompei, 22 Dec.

Naples, 23 Dec.

Bari, New Years' Eve

Bologna, 6 Jan.

Genoa, 9 Jan.

Torino, 11 Jan.

Verona, 18 Jan.

Venice, 22 Jan.

Trieste, 23 Jan.

Cortina, 26 Jan.🔥

Milan, 5 Feb.🔥

 

rei

[Rei]

3 hours ago, Rei said:

The olympic flame has arrived in Rome today in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella.

Jasmine Paolini, Paris 2024 Tennis gold medallist, the first athlete to have started the journey to Italy.

 

The 2026 Route will touch, among the others, every regional capital of the country.

Here some of the main stops along the route:

Rome, 4 Dec.

Florence, 11 Dec.

Sardinia, 13 Dec.

Sicily, 15 Dec.

Pompei, 22 Dec.

Naples, 23 Dec.

Bari, New Years' Eve

Bologna, 6 Jan.

Genoa, 9 Jan.

Torino, 11 Jan.

Verona, 18 Jan.

Venice, 22 Jan.

Trieste, 23 Jan.

Cortina, 26 Jan.🔥

Milan, 5 Feb.🔥

 

rei

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/videos/milano-cortina-2026-olympic-torch-relay-route-interactive-map

[AustralianFan]

4 December 2025

Here’s the Handover Ceremony of the Flame to the Milano Cortina 2026 organisers in the Athens Panathenaic Olympic Stadium, Greece.

Very nice handover ceremony.  The flame then had very short flight to neighboring Italy host country:

 

[Sir Rols]

Oh, look who’re gonna run the torch. These guys don’t enough attention with their clothes on…

'Heated Rivalry' stars Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams to serve as Milan Olympics torchbearers

[Bear]

3 hours ago, Sir Rols said:

Oh, look who’re gonna run the torch. These guys don’t enough attention with their clothes on…

'Heated Rivalry' stars Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams to serve as Milan Olympics torchbearers

dumb people on twitter dot com are under the impression that they've been chosen as cauldron lighters instead of simply being two of 10,001... and i'm not even talking about the right-wingers!

good choice though, will be fun to see their photos when they run