IOC boss in Cortina: “There is no plan B for 2026”

IOC President Thomas Bach said this at the end of a two-day visit by the Italian applicant duo Milan and Cortina.

Given the uncertain continuation of all applications, speculation arose at the end of October about an IOC emergency plan for the Winter Games after next with the Kazakh metropolis of Almaty. The Eastern Europeans failed in their application for 2022 to Beijing three years ago.

“Leave Italy with confidence” Bach left Italy optimistically after talks with President Sergio Mattarella, Olympic chief Giovanni Malago and Sports Secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti as representatives of the national government. "We are leaving Italy with much more confidence about the application," said the business lawyer.

According to him, Giorgetti underlined the government's willingness to grant unhindered entry to members of the Olympic family and to maintain security during the competitions. Regions provide the financial resources According to Bach, the participating regions of Lombardy and Veneto also provided guarantees on the open financing issue. The government in Rome had rejected financial participation in the billion-dollar project. “I am very confident that a solution will be found in the interests of Italy and in the interests of sport,” said Bach.

There is still a question mark behind the joint candidacy of the Dolomite town and the Lombard metropolis due to the government's lack of involvement in the financing, just as there is a question mark behind the applications from Calgary and Stockholm. A citizen survey will take place in Calgary on November 13th on the application for the second Winter Games to be held in the Canadian city after 1988. Several weeks ago, Stockholm's new city council spoke out against supporting the Swedish city's Olympic candidacy with public funds.

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IOC boss in Cortina: “There is no plan B for 2026”

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no “Plan B” for hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics in the event that the three remaining candidates Calgary, Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo and Stockholm withdraw.

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