Italy Wants Russian & Ukrainian Athletes at 2026 Olympics
28th March 2025
The deputy Premier, Matteo Salvini, has expressed a desire for the two countries to be at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games – as long as the war is over. He was…
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The deputy Premier, Matteo Salvini, has expressed a desire for the two countries to be at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games – as long as the war is over.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the bobsleigh track in Cortina this week.
He leads the far-right League party and holds responsibility for infrastructure in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.
“Given that there are peace talks (on the Ukraine war) going on at the moment, and that the Olympic spirit should be what brings people and athletes together, I hope, the Milano Cortina Olympics 2026 will be the first Olympics which will see the Ukrainian and Russian athletes take to the ski slopes,” he said.
Image c/o Milan-Cortina 2026