InPics|Olympic flame for 2026 Winter Games arrives in Italy-Xinhua
InPics|Olympic flame for 2026 Winter Games arrives in Italy
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-12-05 21:16:15
ROME, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame for the 2026 Winter Games arrived in Rome, Italy on Thursday afternoon, marking the start of a series of torch relay events.
Italian aerobatic squad Frecce Tricolori flies over Rome during the cauldron lighting ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the cauldron lighting ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
The lantern containing the Olympic flame for the 2026 Winter Games is seen during the cauldron lighting ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (L) lights the cauldron during the cauldron lighting ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
The cauldron lighting ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games is held at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Italy's tennis player and Olympic champion Jasmine Paolini (L) and Giovanni Malago, president of the Milan-Cortina organizing committee, walk down the gangway with a lantern holding the flame of 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, Dec. 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025 shows a lantern holding the flame of 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Italy's tennis player and Olympic champion Jasmine Paolini (L) and Giovanni Malago, president of the Milan-Cortina organizing committee, walk down the gangway with a lantern holding the flame of 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, Dec. 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Jing)■
