Italian ballet dancers carry out through the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Video games on the San Siro stadium in Milan on Friday.
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The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off in Milan on Friday night, native time. Athletes representing over 90 international locations march into the San Siro stadium stuffed with 1000’s of spectators through the opening ceremony in Milan.
The efficiency paid homage to Italian music, artwork and tradition with tributes to composers, visible artists and movies in a colourful spectacle. Performers included Italian actress Matilda De Angelis, American singer Mariah Carey and Italian ballet dancers Antonella Albano and Claudio Coviello, amongst dozens of different dancers.
Here’s a number of photographs from the opening ceremony:
Italian ballet dancers Antonella Albano and Claudio Coviello carry out through the opening ceremony.
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Colourful dancers carry out below massive tubes of paint suspended above them through the opening ceremony.
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Mariah Carey sings through the opening ceremony.
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Performers dressed within the colours of the Italian flag line up through the opening ceremony.
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Members of The Corazzieri, the Italian Corps of Cuirassiers, increase the Italian flag through the opening ceremony.
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Two performers are suspended between two massive rings.
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The Olympic Rings are revealed above dancers through the opening ceremony.
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Greece’s flag bearer, Nefeli Tita, and different athletes representing Greece parade through the opening ceremony.
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Canadian athletes march into the stadium.
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Colombia’s flag bearer Fredrik Fodstad parades through the opening ceremony.
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South Korea’s athletes parade through the opening ceremony.
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Stoats Milo and Tina, the Paralympics and Olympics mascots, dance earlier than the Olympic opening ceremony.
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