Team China has "achieved excellence" both on and off the field in Milan, Italy, over the past two weeks, said Tong Lixin, deputy head of the Chinese delegation at Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Milan has added the title of Olympic city to its long-held reputation as Italy's fashion and finance capital, a legacy crowning two decades of growth that has reshaped its skyline and boosted investment, tourism and cultural life in the city.
As yet another Winter Olympics raises its curtain in Italy, the surging global anticipation for the ice and snow sports extravaganza owes a fair share of credit to the Games' previous host.
With the start of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics imminent, two-time Olympic champion freeskier Gu Ailing is once again preparing to step onto the world's biggest winter sports stage, this time guided as much by restraint as ambition.
