President Trump introduced on Saturday {that a} presidential delegation, headed by Vice President JD Vance and his spouse, will journey to Italy for the opening ceremony of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
The Milan-Cortina Olympics are scheduled to open on Feb. 6 and can happen in Milan and the encompassing areas.
Joining the vice chairman and his spouse will probably be Secretary of State Marco Rubio; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Tilman Feritta; 2018 Olympic medalist Monique Lamoureux-Morando; 2002 and 2006 Olympic gold medalist, Short Track Speed Skating and 2010 Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, an announcement launched by the White House mentioned.
The competitors is scheduled to run by way of February 22 and competitors sports embrace bobsledding, snowboarding and determine skating.
Maxim Naumov, a Massachusetts determine skater whose dad and mom had been killed nearly one 12 months in the past in a airplane crash close to Washington, D.C, is headed to the 2026 Olympics as a part of Team USA.
Figure skater Alysa Liu can even be headed to the video games. Liu shocked the skating world final 12 months when she took dwelling the World Championship just some years after asserting her retirement from the game on the age of 16. She advised 60Minutes: “I view competitions more as, like, a stage for performing.”