Italy is having a record-breaking Winter Olympics on home snow and ice. The host nation picked up six medals on Sunday, the most Italy has ever won in a single day at the Winter Olympics.

By Francesca Landini and Gianluca Semeraro MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Arianna Fontana, Italy's most decorated winter Olympian, led her team to gold in the mixed short track relay at the Milano Cortina Games on Tuesday.

Wars continue around the globe and U.S. strikes in Iran and Venezuela have added to tensions, but athletes at the Milan-Cortina Olympics are enjoying a relatively peaceful bubble.

Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

The European Space Agency has released a breathtaking view of northern Italy captured by its Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The images celebrate the opening day of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 6, as thousands of world-class athletes gather to seek gold among the mountains.

Italy opted against finding NHL players with Italian heritage to make up its men's ice hockey team at the Milan Cortina Olympics

Their games will be broadcast back home, they have three Italian journalists travelling with the team and they got a shout-out from football World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo | ESPN.com