Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo await the sporting world. On Friday (February 6), the 25th Winter Olympic Games will be officially opened at the "San Siro" stadium. Does Serbia have its own representatives and how does the host deal with environmental and organizational problems
Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo will start tomorrow (February 6) with the opening ceremony at the San Siro stadium, and will last until February 22, 2026.
About 2.900 athletes from more than 90 countries will compete on ice and snow at the 25th Winter Olympic Games (WOI), which will be organized for the third time in Italy, after Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 and Turin in 2006.
In Milan, there will be a center for ice hockey, speed skating, short track and figure skating. Bormio is home to the Stelvio Ski Center for men's skiing and ski mountaineering, while women will compete in alpine skiing on the legendary Olympia della Tofana track in Cortina. There are also curling, bobsleigh, sledding and skeleton in the area.
The ski jumps will take place in Predaco in the province of Trento. The Tezero cross-country stadium for Nordic skiing is located in the Val di Fieme valley, and the Anterzelva Arena is reserved for biathletes. Livigno is home to snowboarding and freestyle skiing.
Unlike the summer games where Serbia is represented by a huge number of athletes, at the beginning of February the colors of the Serbian tricolor are defended by only three athletes.
Anja Ilić and Miloš Milosavljević will compete in Nordic skiing (cross country), while Miloš Tomović will compete in Alpine skiing (slalom and giant slalom).
Of the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia will have the most representatives, 37 of them in six disciplines. The most is expected from Domen Prevac, currently the best ski jumper in the world.
Croatia has 14 athletes in Italy in four disciplines, and Zrinka Ljutić is the mainstay in alpine skiing, while Bosnia and Herzegovina will be represented by five athletes.
North Macedonia's Olympic team consists of four athletes, Montenegro's two skiers, while Kosovo will also have its representatives, both in alpine skiing.
Despite the high expectations of Italian officials, the preparations are not proceeding harmoniously, and are characterized by environmental and organizational problems, writes the German economic weekly Wirschaftswohe.
The environmental non-governmental organization Climate Action South Tyrol has announced that there is not enough snow, that water for artificial snow is running out, and that there is a danger that these will be the least sustainable ZIOs of all time.
Wirschaftswohe cites the new bobsleigh track in Cortina, a project that has turned out to be far more expensive than originally planned and which the International Olympic Committee did not initially give the green light for.
The old bobsleigh track was razed to the ground in 2023, and after that, according to environmentalists, the forest was mercilessly cut down for the new 1.749-meter-long track.
The world's leading manufacturers of cable cars did not even get involved in the construction of the cable car that connects Cortina with the Tofane ski resort. The reason is doubts about geological safety, which were confirmed when a tens of meters long crack in the ground appeared on the construction site in September.
It is known that the organizers were in a fight against time when it comes to the organization of the Winter Olympic Games and that everything was done at the last minute.
The multi-purpose Santa Giulia Arena, which will host hockey competitions, has not yet been completed in a five-hour drive to Milan. The works were delayed, and the capacity of the hall was reduced from the planned 14.000 to 11.800 seats, while the hall itself is a real construction site with cranes around.
Obviously, everything was done in a hurry in the curling hall, where the electricity went out at one point during the matches on Wednesday.
The "Apollonio-Socrepes" cable car is one of the most controversial facilities built for the Winter Games this year. Reuters has seen a letter dated January 29 in which the first person in charge of organizing the ZOI, Andrea Francisi, informs the organizers that the gondola will not be completed on time.
The whole event will cost Italy 5,2 billion euros, and earnings are expected to be slightly higher than 5,3 billion.
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