Next year’s Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but it will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy spread over five different venue clusters.

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy – In less than one year, athletes will be traveling from across the world to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. However, there is a possibility that a large group of athletes may have to compete over 4,000 miles away from Milan, Italy.