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Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Former employee of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID). Views are my own.
🔹 According to estimates by Bocconi and Ca’ Foscari Universities, the Games are expected to generate over EUR 5 billion in net economic impact for Italy and create 36,000 new jobs.
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/mil...
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🔹 More than 330 initiatives are inspiring healthy lifestyles and inclusion, including the Gen26 Education Programme (1.5 million students engaged) and Italia dei Giochi (which has involved over five million people).
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📌 Milano Cortina 2026 legacy: existing venues, active lifestyles and a boost to socio-economic development
🔹 Milano Cortina 2026’s iconic venues span Northern Italy, with 85% of competition venues existing or temporary (11 of 13), significantly reducing the need for new construction.
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📌The IOC Membership after the 145th IOC Session at the Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026:
▪️ 106 IOC Members
▪️ 46 women and 60 men (43.4% women)
▪️ 42 Olympians (23 women and 19 men)
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
📌 Milano Cortina 2026 in numbers: media and broadcast
🔹 2,537 accredited press: 269 domestic and 2,267 international (written press, photographers and non-media rights-holders)
🔹 803 news organisations
🔹 694 photographers
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/mil...
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📌 Milano Cortina 2026 in numbers: media and broadcast
🔹 32 cinematic cameras
🔹 17 real-time 360-degree replay systems
🔹 1,800 microphones
🔹 10,000+ broadcast personnel (4,500+ OBS / 5,500+ MRHs)
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📌 Milano Cortina 2026 in numbers: media and broadcast
🔹 24 Media Rights-Holders (MRHs)
🔹 80+ broadcast sublicensees
🔹 6,500+ hours produced by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS)
🔹 810+ camera systems capturing all the action.
🔹 25 drones (15 First-Person View (FPV), 10 traditional drones)
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"(...) We need to see that same balance among coaches, team leaders, technical officials, and decision-makers. The Milano Cortina 2026 volunteers, who welcomed the world with warmth and pride, showed us the way with more than 50 per cent of them women."
🔹 "The progress we have seen on the field of play, with more women competing than ever before, must now be reflected just as clearly beyond it. Achieving the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history is a milestone to celebrate — but it cannot be the finish line. (...)"
📌 Milano Cortina 2026: Celebrating women, inspiring the future
IOC President Kirsty Coventry in an Op Ed for La Gazzetta dello Sport Sport reflecting on the Olympic Winter Games.
➡️ In full: www.olympics.com/ioc/opinion/...
📌 Alongside the global award, five continental winners have also been recognised:
🔹 Africa: Racheal Kundananji, Zambia
🔹 Americas: Mónica Elvira Franco Luzcando, Panama
🔹 Asia: Kim Yeon-koung OLY, South Korea
🔹 Europe: Michele Kang, France
🔹 Oceania: Robyn Cockburn, New Zealand
“Receiving this award highlights how even a grassroots movement can have a significantly positive impact in the lives of many. I hope this inspires many (...) in our community and throughout the world to come together to advance gender equality and drive change through sport,” he said.
📌 Big congratulations to Abhijit Bhattacharya, a former captain of the Indian men’s national volleyball team, who has been named the Global Winner of the 2025 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Awards.
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/abh...
📌 Life in Motion - The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics opened last night in the iconic Arena di Verona. Love was one of the central themes as only love can overcome differences, turning conflict into an embrace. More than 600 athletes from 55 NPCs participate
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
After a challenging performance that saw him go from first to eighth place, he immediately cast aside his personal disappointment to warmly embrace and celebrate gold medallist Mikhail Shaidorov.
The award is organised by the International Committee for Play in collaboration with the IOC.
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Emerging from a shortlist of six exceptional finalists, Ilia was chosen for his display of profound sportsmanship during the Men’s Individual event at this year's Winter Olympics.
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📌 American figure skater Ilia Malinin has been named as the recipient of the Milano Cortina 2026 Fair Play Award. Congratulations!
➡️ www.olympics.com/ioc/news/us-...
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🔹 2 NOCs won their first-ever Olympic Winter Games medals:
▪️ Brazil (1 gold: Lucas Pinheiro Braathen - Alpine Skiing – Men’s Giant Slalom)
▪️ Georgia (1 silver: Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava - Figure Skating - Pair Skating)
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🔹 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) took part, plus Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN).
🔹 Benin, Guinea-Bissau and United Arab Emirates competed in their first Olympic Winter Games
🔹 29 NOCs won medals
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📌 Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in numbers: record engagement, efficient delivery, world-class performances
🔹 Around 2,900 athletes participated (final number to be confirmed)
🔹 8 sports
🔹 16 Olympic disciplines
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/mil...
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🤝 It was great to have you!
The 21-day programme included 78 structured activities across five learning tracks covering Games delivery functions.
Delegations from LA28, the French Alps 2030, Brisbane 2032 and Utah 2034 were using the real-time Games delivery environment to accelerate their own planning and readiness.
📌 The present and future Olympic Games communication teams in one picture: During the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, more than 300 colleagues, including the comms teams, gained first-hand experience through the IOC’s Observers Programme.
➡️ Full story: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/fut...
📌IOC Statement on athletes’ safe passage
➡️ In full: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
By the way, the Olympic Charter says about the medal table: "Representations featuring competition results may be drawn up by the IOC and, with the authorisation of the IOC, by the OCOG, for informational purposes."
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Take a look at the medal table from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. On the left side sorted by the overall number of medals, on the right side by gold medals: www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
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📌 How medals are counted in the medal table of Olympic Games depends on the region of the world. While some draw up a ranking based on the overall number of medals, others sort it by gold medals.
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Deutsche Sportjugend und Deutsche Olympische Akademie den 16 bis 19 Jahre alten Talenten aus dem Nachwuchsleistungssport und Ehrenamt eine Erfahrung, die sie hoffentlich lange in sich tragen.
Mein Rat war: Egal wie, ob beruflich oder im Ehrenamt, macht weiter im Sport. Ihr werdet gebraucht.
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Es war inspirierend, beim Olympischen Jugendlager während der Olympischen Winterspiele Milano Cortina 2026 mit den Teilnehmern/-innen über die Rolle einer internationalen Organisation wie dem IOC zu diskutieren.
www.dosb.de/aktuelles/ne...
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It ranks as NBC Sports’ second-most watched hockey game ever, behind only the USA-Canada men’s gold medal game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, which had a more favorable puck drop time of p.m. ET (27.6 million viewers).