The Italian Opening Ceremony — A Love Letter to the Alps

Held at San Siro stadium in Milan, the 2026 opening ceremony was a three-hour spectacle of Italian cultural pride: fashion, opera, Renaissance art, cycling history, and the Alpine landscape woven into a sequence that made every Italian watching feel a national identity articulated. A tribute to Bruce Lee — projected via AI-rendered hologram — received a standing ovation and subsequently drove millions to his Wikipedia page. The torch was lit by Lindsey Vonn and Valentino Rossi.