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2026 Winter Olympics torch relay

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{{Infobox Olympic torch relay|2026|Winter

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| host city = Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

| countries visited = {{hlist|Greece|Italy}}

| distance = {{convert|12000|km|mi}}

| torch bearers = 10,001

| theme = The Greatest Journey

| start date = {{start date|2025|11|26|df=yes}}

| end date = {{end date|2026|02|06|df=yes}}

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{{2026 Winter Olympics}}

The torch relay ({{langx|it|Il Viaggio della Fiamma Olimpica}}) for the 2026 Winter Olympics is planned to commence on 26 November 2025 in Olympia, Greece, and conclude on 6 February 2026 in Milan, Italy, coinciding with the opening ceremony at San Siro.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/milano-cortina-2026-unveils-greatest-journey-as-olympic-torch-relay-route-announced|title=Milano Cortina 2026 unveils “Greatest Journey” as Olympic Torch Relay route announced|date=26 November 2024|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=28 November 2024}} The routes for both the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays were unveiled by the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 on 26 November 2024, one year before the start of the former.

Following the lighting of the Olympic flame in Olympia, a handover ceremony will happen in Athens on 4 December 2025, where the flame will then arrive in Rome and visit all 110 provinces of Italy, making 60 stops over 63 days across {{convert|12000|km|mi}}.{{Cite web|url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/the-greatest-journey|title=The Greatest Journey|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=28 November 2024}} The torch will be in Naples for Christmas, in Bari for New Year's Eve, and in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January to commemorate 70 years since it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. While the torch is in Piedmont, a tribute is planned for skier Matilde Lorenzi, who died while training in October 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/milan-cortina-olympics-torch-route-3d5eaedf8513da7975eae7629d7fc8b6|title=Olympic flame for 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will go on 63-day journey across Italy|date=26 November 2024|first=Daniella|last=Matar|publisher=AP News|access-date=28 November 2024}} The torch relay plans to showcase many of the World Heritage Sites in the country and will involve 10,001 torchbearers. Applications for torchbearers opened on 12 February 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/news/torchbearers-applications-open-sanremo|title=Torchbearers: applications open from Sanremo|date=12 February 2025|publisher=Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026|access-date=12 February 2025}}

On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio {{ill|Gli Autogol|it}} were announced as official narrators for the torch relay.{{Cite web|url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/it/news/gli-autogol-racconteranno-il-viaggio-della-fiamma|title=Gli Autogol racconteranno il Viaggio della Fiamma|date=29 November 2024|language=it|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=29 November 2024}} The design of the torch was unveiled on 14 April at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, as well as simultaneously in Milan; Osaka and Milan are twin cities.{{Cite web|url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/news/milano-cortina-2026-olympic-torch-at-expo-2025-osaka|title=Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Torch at Expo 2025 Osaka|date=12 July 2024|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=28 November 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250414-winter-olympics-torch-unveiled-in-joint-ceremony-in-milan-and-osaka|title=Winter Olympics torch unveiled in joint ceremony in Milan and Osaka|date=14 April 2025|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=France 24|access-date=14 April 2025}}

Stops in Greece

The flame will be lit on 26 November 2025. As per tradition, the lighting ceremony will take place at the Temple of Hera in Olympia using a parabolic mirror to concentrate the rays of the sun; the flame will then travel to Athens for the handover ceremony.{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/11/26/plans-revealed-for-milano-cortina-2026-olympic-torch-relay/|title=Plans revealed for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic torch relay|date=26 November 2024|first=Caela|last=Fenton|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=29 November 2024}}

{{Location map+|Greece

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Stops in Italy

The flame is scheduled to arrive at Rome's Quirinal Palace on 4 December 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/sport/2025/04/14/news/olimpiadi_2026_milano_cortina_svelata_torcia_olimpica-15102475/|title=Milano-Cortina 2026, svelata la torcia olimpica|lang=it|date=14 April 2025|work=La Stampa|access-date=14 April 2025}} The relay through the country will start two days later from the Stadio dei Marmi and travel through several regions including Tuscany before visiting the islands of Sardinia and Sicily and then returning to the mainland. The route plans to visit all 20 regions of Italy and 110 provinces.

{{Location map+|Italy

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|+ Stops on the 2026 Winter Olympics torch relay

scope="col" | Stop

! scope="col" | {{abbr|No.|Number}}

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Region

scope="row" | Rome

| 1 || {{dts|6 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="2"|Lazio

scope="row" | Viterbo

| 2 || {{dts|7 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Terni

| 3 || {{dts|8 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="2"|Umbria

scope="row" | Perugia

| 4 || {{dts|9 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Siena

| 5 || {{dts|10 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="3"|Tuscany

scope="row" | Florence

| 6 || {{dts|11 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Livorno

| 7 || {{dts|12 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Nuoro

| 8 || {{dts|13 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="2"|Sardinia

scope="row" | Cagliari

| 9 || {{dts|14 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Palermo

| 10 || {{dts|15 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="4"|Sicily

scope="row" | Agrigento

| 11 || {{dts|16 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Syracuse

| 12 || {{dts|17 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Catania

| 13 || {{dts|18 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Reggio Calabria

| 14 || {{dts|19 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="2"|Calabria

scope="row" | Catanzaro

| 15 || {{dts|20 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Salerno

| 16 || {{dts|21 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="3"|Campania

scope="row" | Pompei

| 17 || {{dts|22 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Naples

| 18 || {{dts|23 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Latina

| 19 || {{dts|26 Dec 2025}} || Lazio

scope="row" | Benevento

| 20 || {{dts|27 Dec 2025}} || Campania

scope="row" | Potenza

| 21 || {{dts|28 Dec 2025}} || Basilicata

scope="row" | Taranto

| 22 || {{dts|29 Dec 2025}} || rowspan="3"|Apulia

scope="row" | Lecce

| 23 || {{dts|30 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Bari

| 24 || {{dts|31 Dec 2025}}

scope="row" | Campobasso

| 25 || {{dts|1 Jan 2026}} || Molise

scope="row" | Pescara

| 26 || {{dts|2 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="2"|Abruzzo

scope="row" | L'Aquila

| 27 || {{dts|3 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Ancona

| 28 || {{dts|4 Jan 2026}} || Marche

scope="row" | Rimini

| 29 || {{dts|5 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="4"|Emilia-Romagna

scope="row" | Bologna

| 30 || {{dts|6 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Ferrara

| 31 || {{dts|7 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Parma

| 32 || {{dts|8 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Genoa

| 33 || {{dts|9 Jan 2026}} || Liguria

scope="row" | Cuneo

| 34 || {{dts|10 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="2"|Piedmont

scope="row" | Turin

| 35 || {{dts|11 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Aosta

| 36 || {{dts|12 Jan 2026}} || Aosta Valley

scope="row" | Novara

| 37 || {{dts|13 Jan 2026}} || Piedmont

scope="row" | Varese

| 38 || {{dts|14 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="2"|Lombardy

scope="row" | Pavia

| 39 || {{dts|15 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Piacenza

| 40 || {{dts|16 Jan 2026}} || Emilia-Romagna

scope="row" | Brescia

| 41 || {{dts|17 Jan 2026}} || Lombardy

scope="row" | Verona

| 42 || {{dts|18 Jan 2026}} || Veneto

scope="row" | Mantua

| 43 || {{dts|19 Jan 2026}} || Lombardy

scope="row" | Vicenza

| 44 || {{dts|20 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="3"|Veneto

scope="row" | Padua

| 45 || {{dts|21 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Venice

| 46 || {{dts|22 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Trieste

| 47 || {{dts|23 Jan 2026}} || rowspan=2"|Friuli-Venezia Giulia

scope="row" | Udine

| 48 || {{dts|24 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Belluno

| 49 || {{dts|25 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="2"|Veneto

scope="row" | Cortina d'Ampezzo

| 50 || {{dts|26 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Bolzano

| 51 || {{dts|27 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="3"|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

scope="row" | Cavalese

| 52 || {{dts|28 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Trento

| 53 || {{dts|29 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Livigno

| 54 || {{dts|30 Jan 2026}} || rowspan="8"|Lombardy

scope="row" | Sondrio

| 55 || {{dts|31 Jan 2026}}

scope="row" | Lecco

| 56 || {{dts|1 Feb 2026}}

scope="row" | Bergamo

| 57 || {{dts|2 Feb 2026}}

scope="row" | Como

| 58 || {{dts|3 Feb 2026}}

scope="row" | Monza

| 59 || {{dts|4 Feb 2026}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Milan

| rowspan="2"|60 || {{dts|5 Feb 2026}}

{{dts|6 Feb 2026}}

References

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External links

  • [https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/the-greatest-journey Official website]

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