Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The discussion explores the evolution of the games from a sacred religious sanctuary at Olympia to today's "moving circus" of international host cities.

Every Olympic Games has a torch. Every torch has a designer. For the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, that designer is MIT engineer and architect Carlo Ratti .

The flag is a traditional part of the opening of the Games.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will officially begin with an opening ceremony that features the likes of Mariah Carey and Sabrina Impacciatore. The ceremony has been designed around the idea of armonia,