Lower than a 12 months later on the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, committee CEO Andrea Varnier mentioned final week that sliding sports activities will probably be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, after the assessments went nicely.
There have been considerations that the Bobsled, Luge and Skeleton venues won’t be prepared in time for the sport subsequent February. The Worldwide Olympic Committee requested a Plan B choice that would enable the occasion to maneuver to Lake Placid in New York if issues fell aside.
The Worldwide Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation mentioned final week’s take a look at interval on monitor was “profitable.” Now, Varnier is assured in rebuilding the tempo at which the sliding heart of the century is on.
“We had been all the time very optimistic, however after all there have been a number of questions round us, up till the pre-prediction (take a look at),” he mentioned. “However we’re assured and we’re very completely happy proper now.”
Officers from the Worldwide Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, the Worldwide LUGE Union, and the Worldwide Olympic Committee will determine whether or not the monitor will obtain official preliminary certification.
Final week’s occasion was sufficient to go away Vanier in good spirits. Finishment is scheduled for November fifth, and will probably be delivered to the Homologue and the Homologue to the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 to host the sport. Earlier than the Olympics, the Worldwide Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and the Worldwide Luge Federation will use the brand new monitor for worldwide coaching and testing occasions.
Varnier mentioned you will need to maintain slide sports activities in Cortina to enhance the expertise of these concerned.
“That is as a result of it is excellent for the athletes to be with all of them collectively and keep collectively in Cortina,” he mentioned. “For audiences with extra real Olympic expertise in Cortina, and for the media and all operators, it could have been extraordinarily tough to observe sliding sports activities wherever on the earth.”
