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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Barry and Steve Douglas

Milan Cortina’s wide footprint reshapes the Olympic experience

APTOPIX Milan Cortina Olympics Snowboard - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The head of Haiti's ski federation, Thierry Montiller, spent over four hours driving mountain roads from Bormio, near the Swiss border, where his downhill skier is competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, to Tesero in Val di Fiemme for his cross-country skier’s 10-kilometer race on Friday.

And he's headed back to Bormio on Saturday, another 220 kilometers (140 miles), for the giant slalom race.

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