MILAN (AP) — Not only will the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games be the most spread-out in history, so will the Feb. 6 opening ceremony, organizers said Thursday.

The Parade of Nations will feature athletes led by the national flagbearers not only in Milan’s San Siro Stadium , which will be packed with 60,000 spectators, but also, for the first time in Olympic history, in three other locations: the mountain venues of Cortina, Predazzo and Livigno.

Olympic events are scheduled from Feb. 6-22 in venues spanning the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto, as well as the autonomous provinces of Alto Adige and Trentino, with many hours of driving between them. The diffusion of the Parade of Nations will allow athletes from all disciplines, no matter how far-flung, to participate, organiz

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