With 100 days to go until the 2026 Winter Olympics organizers are crossing their fingers that every venue will be ready for the athletes and fans who will descend on northern Italy come February.

In just over three months the winter sports showpiece will take place in Italy for the third time, and the first time in western Europe since the Turin Games in 2006.

The 20-year hiatus from the spiritual home of many of the major winter sports has been marked by events in Vancouver, Sochi, Pyeongchang and Beijing, some of which were criticised for their environmental impact and huge cost.

“After these big events there have always been problems but this edition is of and for the areas they’re being held in,” said Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, at a 100-days-to-go event in Milan o

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