Olympic flame for 2026 Games will go on 63-day journey across Italy

The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will pass through all 110 provinces in Italy on a 63-day journey before the cauldron is lit.

Organizers announced the route for the torch relay on Tuesday at a palace facing the historic Verona Arena, the large Roman amphitheater that will host the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games as well as the opening of the Paralympics.

The presentation of the 12,000-kilometer route took place exactly a year before the flame will be lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

"The Olympic torch relay is the moment when the Games enter peoples' homes, spreading the magic of winter sports across Italy," Milan-Cortina CEO Andrea Varnier said.

"This is very important … it's the only project that literally takes the Olympics in front of millions of people's houses."

The flame will arrive in Rome on December 4...