The Eugenio Monti Olympic Track (Italian: Pista olimpica Eugenio Monti [1]) was a bobsleigh and skeleton track located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was named after Eugenio Monti (1928–2003), who won six bobsleigh medals at the Winter Olympic Games between 1956 and 1968 and ten medals at the FIBT World Championships between 1957 and 1966 .

Nov 19, 2024 · Italy’s decision to rebuild the century-old track in Cortina has been met with fierce opposition by the IOC, which wants to hold bobsled, luge and skeleton on an existing track in nearby Austria (Igls) or Switzerland (St. Moritz) instead.

Jan 30, 2024 · The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo but will also keep open a "Plan B"...

Feb 15, 2025 · In just under a year Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics. Joint hosts Milan and Cortina bring the event back to Europe for the first time in 20 years. Preparations and construction of venues are under way, with a new bobsleigh track in …

Sep 4, 2024 · The new Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo will rise on the track of the legendary slope named after Eugenio Monti - the "Flying Redhead" twice Olympic bobsleigh champion in Grenoble in '68 - already the venue of the 1956 Winter Olympics and of …

Jan 31, 2024 · Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs.

A fun winter sport invented by the Swiss: a narrow, winding track carved into the ice, a high-tech sled and a race against time. The athletes must have nerves of steel. In Italy, the oldest bobsleigh club is located in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Jan 30, 2024 · The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics has decided to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready in time.

5 days ago · Ivo Ferriani, President of the Bobsleigh World Federation IBSF, has declared that the ice track built for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina is "ready". From the federation's point of view, it is ...

Sep 12, 2024 · Bobsled, skeleton and luge will take place at the Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The new track, to be built specifically for the 2026 Winter Games, will hug the same mountain slope upon which the sliding sports took place during the 1956 Winter Olympics in …