MILAN, Italy :There is full trust in security planning for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games torch relay, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday, days after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the Vuelta a Espana cycling race.

The torch for the Games, which will be lit in ancient Olympia in Greece in November, will arrive in Rome on December 4 before the official start of the relay across the country on December 6.

It will end up in Milan for the Opening Ceremony on February 6, and more than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will take part in the 16 days of competitions.

"The Olympic torch relay is definitely going to attract a lot of attention," Kristin Kloster, who chairs the IOC's coordination commission for the Games, told a press conference at the end of the

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