As the sun beamed down on the Navigli, the canal system that runs throughout Milan, tourists flocked into the shops along the water, wearing little more than light jackets to shelter from brisk conditions. This doesn’t seem like the Winter Olympics of the past.
Off on lengthy drives into the mountains, five other host municipalities of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics saw varying conditions. British skier Andrew Musgrave raced shirtless amid high temperatures in cross-country skiing in Tesero, while organizers made the most of man-made snow to showcase Olympic competition.
