Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 28, 2025 (AFP) - Green light for Winter Olympics bobsleigh slope

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2025-03-28

The troubled 2026 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge slope was given the provisional green light on Friday after a week of testing by the two sports' international federations. After numerous setbacks, controversies and only 13 months of construction, a feat hailed by politicians as "an Italian miracle," the sliding track for the Milan-Cortina Games now appears to be fit for purpose. "We have successfully completed the pre-approval test runs as p......

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