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Italy hosted the Winter Olympics 70 years ago. What was it like, and what’s changed?

  • Written by: Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
Italy hosted the Winter Olympics 70 years ago. What was it like, and what’s changed?Italian skier Bruno Burrini at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina.Getty Images

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are Italy’s fourth as Olympic host and come 70 years after the region first welcomed the world’s best winter athletes.

It is Italy’s third Winter Olympics, second only to the United States (four),...

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