The medals for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on Tuesday.
One side of the medal design has the two halves coming together to create the Olympic rings or the Paralympic Agitos. The other side has the Milan Cortina Games logo on one half and the name of the event on the other half, including Braille for the Paralympic medals.
The medal designs are two halves — one half symbolizing an athlete’s journey and the other for those who have walked beside them along the way.
The Milan Cortina Olympics, which open Feb. 6, will feature the most medal events in Winter Games history —116 of them spread across clusters in Northern Italy.
The first medals are scheduled to be awarded in Alpine skiing (men’s downhill) and cross-country skiing (women’s 20km skiathlon) on Feb. 7.
The Milan Cortina Paralympics, which open March 6, will have 79 medal events. The first medals are scheduled to be awarded in Para Alpine skiing and Para biathlon.
Here are the medals for the previous Winter Games in Italy (Cortina 1956 and Torino 2006) and then the most recent Summer and Winter Games medal designs:
From left, the bronze, gold and silver medals for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics are seen after an unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. South Korea’s Pyeongchang is the host city of the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games which will be held from February 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
PyeongChang 2018
