From Sanremo 2025 to Milan Cortina 2026, you too become a Tedoforo together with Carolina Kostner

Sanremo 2025 It makes the relay with the next winter Olympics. The Foundation Milan Cortina 2026 opens on the Ariston stage, through Carolina Kostnerthe most medal skier of all time and ambassador of Milan Cortina 2026, the candidates to become a tedoforo and be The protagonist of the historic relay that will bring the Olympic flame and the Paralympic flame traveling to Italy.

The goal is to involve 10,001 Tedophores for the journey of the Olympic flame and 501 Tedofori for the journey of the Paralympic flame, each with their own story to tell, made of passion, talent, energy and respect to illuminate the path towards the Olympic games and winter Paralympic 2026.

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All those who were born before December 5, 2011 will be able to apply on Official website of the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation. Each candidate will have the opportunity to tell his story and explain the desire to be part of this extraordinary experience.

This symbol of union and equality will involve all of Italy, combining places and communities, and crossing some of the most beautiful locations in the world. All Tedophores will represent the values ​​of sport and the Olympic and Paralympic principles, promoting a message of equal for a world where there are no differences. Registrations will officially open after the announcement that will take place on the stage of the Sanremo Festival.

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The path of the Olympic flame

The Olympic flame will be in Rome on 6 December 2025two months before the opening ceremony of the games in Milan, in San Siro on February 6, but before arriving at the Lombard capital he will move from Cortina d’Ampezzo on January 26, 2026 on the anniversary of the first winter Olympic games organized in Italy, in his third step Ampezzano. Will be a Naples For Christmas 2025, in Bari on New Year, on January 6 in Bologna, on 11 in Turin in memory of the 2006 Olympics. 10001 Tedofori will travel 12 thousand km in 63 days for as many stage cities in 110 provinces with Coca-Cola, Worldwide Partner of the International Olympic and Paralympic movement, and Eni, Premium Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Milan Cortina 2026.

The path of the Paralympic flame

After its ignition to Stoke Mandeville, the Paralympic flame will travel 11 days And it will travel two thousand kilometers up to March 6 at the Verona Arena. Here the partner is Allianz. “The Paralympic flame will be lit on February 24th to Stoke Mandeville in England, a historic birthplace of the Paralympic sport,” says Maria Laura Iacsone, Ceremonies Director of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026. He will animate 5 Flame Festival from 24 February to 2 March in Milan, Turin, Bolzano, Trento and Trieste, with the Flame Union ceremony on March 3 in Cortina d’Ampezzo. From 4 March, the flame will reach Venice and Padua, to entered the Verona Arena on 6 March for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. The Presenting partner of the journey of the Paralympic flame is Allianz.

The presentation

The CEO of Milan Cortina 2026, Andrea Varniersaid: «I wish to express my gratitude to Rai for its constant support. For the fifth consecutive year, Milan Cortina 2026 will be present at the Sanremo Festivalan event that offers an exceptional communication opportunity. For this reason, we decided to bring something precious and significant to the Ariston stage: the journey of the flame, an extraordinary adventure that will involve all of Italy. Tedophores, with their stories and experiences, represent the thousand facets of our society and the wealth of our country. Their role transcends the simple passage of the flame; They will become messengers of the values ​​that characterize the Olympic and Paralympic games, strengthening the idea that sport can inspire the world. Thanks to them, this trip will be a wonderful moment of inclusiveness, opening and sharing. The Sanremo stage, an event that traditionally unites Italy, could not be a better place to open the applications ».

From Sanremo 2025 to Milan Cortina 2026 you too become a Tedoforo together with Carolina Kostner

Add the Corporate General Manager of Rai Roberto Sergio: «Sense of responsibility and pride. It is with these feelings that we think of the 2026 of the sport, which will open with the edition of the Olympic Winter Games of Milan Cortina 2026. It will be the third time for Italy – the fourth, if we count the summer games of Rome 1960 – with one Constant: Rai. The public service also next year will be the Broadcaster Host of the event, as has happened in the past. Also this time we will be the eyes and ears of the world. And as in the past our task, our responsibility, will not only be to tell the sports companies of athletes, but also the stories of women and men, their sacrifices and their hopes, their joys and their pains. But we will also tell the wonderful beauty of a unique territory such as the Dolomites and the energy of a city, Milan, projected into the future. That same future to which Rai also turns the gaze, a digital media company proud of its history but in continuous and constant evolution ».

From Sanremo to Milan Cortina 2026

For the 75th Sanremo Festival, fifth consecutive edition in which the winter games are present, Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 strengthens its presence also outside the Ariston stage, with From Sanremo to Milan Cortina 2026, exhibition project open to the public within the Fort of Santa TeclaSanremo historical site. The exhibition is part of the project of the cultural Olympics and celebrates the values ​​of sport and games, through an experiential path. Piazza d’Armi, the entrance of the fort, welcomes visitors with the multimedia installation Theater 26, which tells the winter games, its places and the competitions that will characterize them. The first room of the Forte di Santa Tecla is instead dedicated to the exhibition of the Olympic torches and exhibits the most iconic torches in the history of the winter Olympics. The Cisterna room gives visitors a journey through time, an immersive experience to retrace the successes of the Italian winter sport, thanks to the collaboration between Milan Cortina 2026 and Rai Teche that has restored the videos and telechronache of the last editions of the winter games. All exhibitions will be open to visitors for free until February 16, from 10 to 18. The project from Sanremo to Milan Cortina 2026 was carried out in collaboration with Allianz, A2A, Coca Cola, Protection Consortium Prosecco Doc, Eni and Tim, e Thanks to the support of Rai Advertising and Rai Teche.

Tedofori Milano Cortina 2026 The cartoon by Simone Barlaam

The cartoon of Simone Barlaam


Source: Vanity Fair

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