Los Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games come to an end this Sunday, February 22 with the traditional closing ceremony, which is, as always, a party in tribute to all the athletes who for just over two weeks have made us enjoy, get excited and admire them.
Los spanish flag bearers They cannot be others: Oriol Cardona and Ana Alonsothe names that have made mountain skiing, in the edition of its Olympic debut, enter through the front door of the history of our sport with three medals in total.
“They have told us that we will be the flag bearers and it is a source of pride. Coming here debuting as an Olympic sport, our first Games, and being able to be the flag bearers at the closing ceremony is a real source of pride. We will try to do our best,” Ana joked. this Saturday shortly after his bronze with Oriol in the mixed relay event, just 48 hours after they turned last Thursday into the best day in the history of Spanish winter Olympic sports. Until then it only had five medals in its entire history and they were able to win two in a period of just 19 minutes, which separated Alonso’s bronze in the women’s event and Cardona’s gold in the men’s event, the only one for a Spaniard in the Winter Games along with Paco Fernández Ochoa in the special slalom in Sapporo ’72.
The chosen place to be the scene of the ceremony is full of history: This is the Roman amphitheater of the Verona Arenathe third oldest in all of Italy, built in the year 30 AD and renamed for the occasion by the IOC with the name of Verona Olympic Arena.
UNESCO World Heritage Site and in its most recent period the location of many great concerts, it is the same place where the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will take place of Winter next Friday, March 6.
In a act full of symbolism, In addition to the tribute to the athletes, the transfer of the Olympic relay cannot be missed: the Olympic flag of these Games is lowered Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026 and is delivered to the nextthe 2030 French Alps Olympic Games.
In addition, the two cauldrons are turned off. lit at the same time in the last opening ceremony on February 6 in two different cities, Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
