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IOC President announces One-Year countdown to Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

(6 Feb 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++AP AND SNTV CLIENTS MAY USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Bormio, Italy - 16 January 2025 1. Various of Olympics rings and ski runs at the Sports Men’s Alpine Skiing and Ski Mountaineering site ASSOCIATED PRESS Predazzo, Italy - 17 January 2025 2. Olympic rings in front of Olympic village with mountain in the background ASSOCIATED PRESS Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy - 16 January 2025 3. Excavator at work with snowy mountain in the background 4. Various of working site around bobsleigh track ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 15 January 2025 5. Tilt up of Olympic village construction site ++MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 27 January 2025 6. Exterior of San Siro Stadium 7. Various interiors of San Siro Stadium and man at work on seating area ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 15 January 2025 8. Various of Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena construction site ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 18 January 2025 9. Various aerial shots Unipol Forum di Milano Ice-Skating Arena ++MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 18 January 2025 10. Aerial shots of Verona ++MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 6 February 2025 11. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arriving on stage 12. Olympic countries' flags 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee President: "Italy is ready to write the next chapter of its great Olympic history. It is therefore my great honour and pleasure to invite the best winter sport athletes of the world to come together in Italy to celebrate the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026." 14. Singer performing Olympic anthem 15. Bach signing and handing out invitation to Milano Cortina Winter Games to the Chinese national Olympic games representative 16. Bach handing out invitation to Winter Games to the US national Olympic Games representative 16. US representative walking to stand in front of flag 17. Bach standing for family photo with international Olympic Games representatives 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee President: "The one-year-to-go is a milestone, but as every organizing committee knows, the last lap is always one of the most difficult ones because then it's about many details. Then the concerns are being raised by different people, and then you have to stay concentrated, you have to have confidence in what you are doing, and we have this confidence because we can see here a great unity among all stakeholders." ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 5 February 2025 19. Milan Duomo square with Cathedral in the background 20. Equestrian statue with countdown clock in the distance 21. Various of Duomo square and preparation of Winter Olympic Games stands 22. Banner reading "One Year to Go" 23. Various of stands preparations 24. Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games mascots 25. Tourists with Cathedral in the background 26. Various of one-year countdown clock reading 365 days to go STORYLINE: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Thursday officiated the one-year countdown to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, saying Italy is ready. Bach was in Milan to mark exactly one year before the Feb. 6, 2026 opening ceremony at the San Siro stadium takes place. “Italy is ready to write the next chapter of its great Olympic history,” he said during a ceremony. He then proceeded to symbolically sign invitations to international athletes, handing them out to representatives of the national Olympic Committees of all the participating countries. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...