2026年2月22日 / 美国东部时间下午4:57 / CBS/美联社
米兰-科尔蒂纳奥运会于周日在维罗纳竞技场举行了闭幕式,该竞技场是一座古罗马圆形剧场,位于奥运历史上最分散的冬季奥运会场馆(远山、山谷和城市赛场)中间地带附近。
这场2.5小时的仪式庆祝了意大利经典与当代音乐和舞蹈,由国际知名芭蕾舞演员罗伯托·波莱、著名意大利歌手阿基莱·劳罗和DJ加布里·蓬泰领衔。
约1500名奥运选手(略超过参赛选手的一半)列队进入这座建于一世纪用于角斗士比赛和猎兽表演的纪念碑。
米兰-科尔蒂纳2026年冬奥会闭幕式在维罗纳奥运竞技场举行。Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images
他们在来自92个参赛国家的旗手(包括意大利东道主的冬季两项选手丽莎·维托齐和速滑选手达维德·吉奥托,以及美国的冰球选手希拉里·奈特和花样滑冰选手伊万·贝茨——他们均为金牌得主)带领下集体入场。
据美国奥林匹克与残奥委员会称,美国派出了有史以来最大规模的冬奥会队伍,232名运动员参赛,并创下了美国队单届冬奥会金牌数纪录。美国是仅有的两个参加全部16个比赛项目的国家之一,另一个是东道主意大利。
美国奥林匹克与残奥委员会首席执行官莎拉·赫什兰在声明中表示:”这些赛事展现了美国队的最佳状态:韧性、团结和对卓越的不懈追求。我们的运动员创造了历史性表现,赢得了创纪录的12枚金牌,并留下了激励下一代的瞬间…这一势头将推动我们迈向2028年洛杉矶奥运会,我们期待在那里延续这一遗产,并欢迎世界来到我们的主场。”
约12,000名观众参加了闭幕式,现场氛围远较开幕式亲密。开幕式在米兰圣西罗足球场举行,由玛丽亚·凯莉和安德烈·波切利领衔,吸引了6万多人参加。
卡罗莱纳·洛佩兹·莫雷诺饰演的维奥莱塔在米兰-科尔蒂纳2026年冬奥会闭幕式上表演。Andreas Rentz / Getty Images
仪式既致敬了被联合国教科文组织列为全球瑰宝的意大利抒情歌剧,也向当代意大利经典致敬。歌剧和舞蹈在这座石质圆形剧场中相得益彰,这里每年夏季举办著名的歌剧节,制作奢华,还有名为”罗伯托·波莱与朋友们”的盛大舞蹈表演。
仪式中还包括对已故运动员的庄重纪念,虽然这场以蝴蝶意象为主题的纪念活动未指明具体运动员。
在2026年冬奥会期间,国际奥委会曾因乌克兰钢架雪车选手弗拉基斯拉夫·赫拉谢夫斯基拒绝在最后时刻佩戴印有纪念俄罗斯战争遇难者的头盔而禁止其参赛。国际奥委会表示,该头盔违反了奥运赛场禁止政治表态的规定。
据路透社报道,国际奥委会主席科斯蒂·考文垂当时对记者说:”没有人(尤其是我)反对这个信息,这是一个有力的信息,是纪念和记忆的信息。挑战在于为赛场找到解决方案。”
这是考文垂作为两届奥运游泳冠军首次主持奥运会,她与意大利总理乔治娅·梅洛尼共同监督了闭幕式。
仪式的关键环节之一是将奥运旗帜交接给下一届冬奥会主办国法国,法国国旗将与意大利和希腊国旗一同升起。
国际奥委会主席科斯蒂·考文垂为银牌得主挪威的海蒂·翁、金牌得主瑞典的埃巴·安德森和铜牌得主瑞士的纳贾·凯林在女子越野滑雪50公里集体出发决赛颁奖台上庆祝鼓掌。Piero CRUCIATTI /AFP via Getty Images
米兰-科尔蒂纳奥运会覆盖8,500平方英里区域,比赛从米兰的冰上项目,到奥地利边境安特塞尔瓦的冬季两项,瑞士边境瓦尔泰利纳的单板滑雪和男子高山滑雪,维罗纳北部菲耶梅谷的越野滑雪,以及合办城市科尔蒂纳丹佩佐的女子高山滑雪、冰壶和滑行项目。
这一模式将延续至未来奥运会,以避免新建场馆的费用。2030年法国阿尔卑斯山冬奥会将在阿尔卑斯山和地中海沿岸尼斯举行,速滑项目将在国外选定场馆举行。
闭幕式以米兰和科尔蒂纳的两个前所未有的奥运主火炬台熄火结束,将通过视频连线呈现。由于维罗纳禁止燃放烟花以避免惊扰动物,现场以灯光秀替代烟花表演。
在17天的赛事中,共举办了8个奥运项目16个小项的116枚奖牌赛事,其中高山滑雪登山是今年新增项目。
米兰-科尔蒂纳残奥会开幕式也将于3月6日在维罗纳竞技场举行,赛事将持续至3月15日。
Winter Olympics closing ceremony celebrates athletes, Italian art at ancient Roman amphitheater
February 22, 2026 / 4:57 PM EST / CBS/AP
The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday with a closing ceremony inside Verona Arena, an ancient Roman amphitheater that sits roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games in Olympic history.
The 2½-hour ceremony celebrated Italian music and dance, both classic and contemporary, headlining internationally acclaimed ballet dancer Roberto Bolle along with popular Italian singer Achille Lauro and DJ Gabry Ponte.
Some 1,500 Olympians, a bit over half those who competed in the Games, paraded into the monument built in the first century for gladiator fights and exotic animal hunts.
The closing ceremony of the Winter Games of Milan and Cortina in the Verona Olympic Arena. Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images
They entered en masse behind a pair of flag bearers from each of the 92 participating nations, including biathlete Lisa Vittozzi and speedskater Davide Ghiotto for host Italy, and hockey player Hilary Knight and ice dancer Evan Bates for the United States – all gold medal winners.
The United States fielded its biggest Winter Olympics team ever for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, with 232 athletes competing, and broke the record for Team USA’s most gold medals at a single Winter Games. The U.S. was one of only two nations to compete in all 16 sport disciplines, along with host Italy, according to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
“These Games showcased the very best of Team USA: resilience, unity and a relentless pursuit of excellence,” said USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland said in a statement. “Our athletes delivered a truly historic performance, earning a Team USA-record 12 gold medals and creating moments that will inspire the next generation … That momentum now carries us forward as we look ahead to Los Angeles in 2028, where we’re excited to build on this legacy and welcome the world to our home soil.”
Some 12,000 spectators joined the athletes and officials for the closing ceremony. It was much more intimate than the opening ceremony, which starred Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli inside Milan’s San Siro soccer stadium, attended by more than 60,000 people.
Violetta, played by Carolina Lopez Moreno, performs during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Andreas Rentz / Getty Images
The ceremony celebrated Italian lyric opera, which has been recognized by the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO as a global treasure, but also pay tribute to contemporary Italian classics. Both opera and dance are at home in the stone amphitheater, which each summer hosts a popular opera festival with lavish productions and the gala dance performance titled Roberto Bolle and Friends.
Part of the ceremony included a somber remembrance of athletes who have died, although the commemoration, filled with butterfly imagery, did not identify specific athletes.
Earlier in the 2026 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee kept Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych out of competition after he refused a last-minute plea from the IOC for him not to use a helmet that honors athletes killed in Russia’s war on his country. The helmet goes against a rule about making political statements on the Olympic field of play, according to the IOC.
“No one, especially me, is disagreeing with the messaging, it’s a powerful message, it’s a message of remembrance, of memory,” IOC President Kirsty Coventry told reporters at the time, according to the Reuters news agency. The challenge was to find a solution for the field of play.”
This was the first Games for Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion in swimming, who oversaw the ceremony alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
One of the key moments of the ceremony is when the Olympic flag is handed over to the next Winter Games host nation, France, and its flag is raised next to Italy’s and Greece’s.
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry applauds as silver medallist Heidi Weng of Norway, gold medallist Ebba Andersson of Sweden and bronze medallist Nadja Kaelin of Switzerland celebrate on the podium for the women’s cross country 50km mass start final. Piero CRUCIATTI /AFP via Getty Images
The Milan Cortina Games spanned an area of 8,500 square mile, from ice sports in Milan to biathlon in Anterselva on the Austrian border, snowboarding and men’s downhill in Valtellina on the Swiss border, cross-country skiing in the Val di Fiemme north of Verona and women’s downhill, curling and sliding sports in co-host Cortina d’Ampezzo.
It’s a model that will remain for future Games, to avoid the expense of building new facilities. The 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps will stage events in the Alps and Nice, on the Mediterranean Sea, while speedskating will be held abroad in a venue to be decided.
The closing ceremony concluded with the Olympic flames being extinguished at the unprecedented two cauldrons in Milan and Cortina, to be viewed via video link. A light show will substitute fireworks, which are not allowed in Verona, to protect animals from being disturbed.
A total of 116 medal events have been held in eight Olympic sports across 16 disciplines, including the debut of ski mountaineering this year, over the course of 17 days of competition.
The Milan Cortina Paralympics’ opening ceremony will also take place in the Verona Arena, on March 6, and the Games will run until March 15.