Winter Olympics, Cortina d'Ampezzo
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The most memorable moments of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina
The last time 2026 co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo had an Olympic moment? Seventy years ago. Join us as we go back in time to see what was happening in 1956.
“When I flew in from the United States and found her in bed she could hardly walk,” wrote her father, Dr. Hollis Albright, to the Globe during the 1956 Olympics. Albright had suffered an injury in an early practice: a slash in her leg and a bone bruise that physicians worried at one point was becoming phlebitis.
The 1956 Olympic Games became a significant milestone in the history of this small, picturesque town nestled in the Italian Alps. Yet there are other reasons to look back 70 years.
The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics have returned the alpine town to the Olympic stage - 70 years after it first hosted the Games in 1956.
With more than 100 years of Winter Olympics history, no city or ski resort has ever hosted the grand international sporting event more than 70 years apart. That will all change on February 6th, 2026, as the Olympic cauldron is lit at Milan’s San Siro ...
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It's been 70 years since Cortina first hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956. In that time, the town’s average February temperature has warmed by 6.4° F, according to data analyzed by the independent research group Climate Central. That 6.4 degrees may not seem like a lot, but it's a big change when talking about the long-term climate.
It hosted Olympic hockey in 1956 and James Bond a quarter-century later. Cortina’s beloved Olympic Stadium is now bursting with excitement for curling.