245 of gold, as many silver and bronze at the Olympics. 137, each for color, to the paralympiades. These are the 1146 medals, created by the Polygraphic Institute and State Mint with an environmentally friendly, non -toxic and recyclable protective coating, which will be assigned to the Olympic and Paralympic games of Milan Cortina 2026. 80 mm in diameter and 10 thick for the most coveted prize by sportsmen.
In Venice, at Palazzo Balbi, home of the Veneto Region, the organizing committee of the next Olympic and Paralympic winter games has revealed the medals of Milan Cortina 2026 together with two Italian sports legends: Federica PellegrinI, the largest Italian swimmer ever, who won 2 Olympic medals (1 gold, 1 silver) and 11 at the World Cup (6 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze), e Francesca Porcellatowhich won 14 medals for games (3 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronzes) and 12 at the World Cup between athletics, cross -country skiing and handbikes, participating in 9 summer paralympics (from Seoul 1988 to Paris 2024) and three winter (Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014).
With them the President of the Veneto Region Luca Zaiathe president of the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation Giovanni Malagò and his CEO Andrea Varnier, the vice -president of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, the Minister for Sport and the young Andrea Abadi, the president of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana, the president of Coni Luciano Buonfiglio and the president of Cip Marco Giunio De Sanctis.
For the medals of the 2026 games, an essential design has been created, which puts the emotions and teamwork at the center, and symbolizes the union not only of two cities, Milan and Cortina, but also the soul of victory and the efforts to conquer it. Two half united by the Olympic and Paralympic values.
Two dimensions that represent the crowning of the athlete’s path and of all the people who supported it to reach it. A concept that becomes a powerful metaphor to tell the union of different worlds that recognize themselves similar in the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics: a world where the competition does not divide, but unites.
«The medals of Milan Cortina 2026 are much more than simple prizes: they are the heartbeat
Italian, the essence of the design that excites, the reflection of a dream that takes shape. Enclose
The identity of a country, his creativity, his passion for sport and beauty »he says Giovanni Malagò. «Every medal, Olympic or Paralympic, is a story engraved in the metal: it speaks of the effort, determination, sacrifices and hopes of those who lived to get to the podium. But it also tells the story of an Italy that believes in the most authentic values of sport. Those who conquer it will not only bring the tribute of victory with them, but also a living fragment of the Italian spirit, an eternal symbol of what we are able to dream and achieve together ».
Raffaella Paniè, brand, identity and look of the Games Director of Milan Cortina 2026 explains: «We conceived a medal that represents purity and return to essence. With our medals we celebrate the strength of the differences: two unique half that come together through the Olympic and Paralympic symbol to create a strong and unitary message. A concept that also lives in its surfaces, where the two textures meet and begins a story written by the athletes, but also by all the people who supported them: coaches, teammates, family and fans ».
Source: Vanity Fair
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