VERONA, Italy (AP) — Internationally acclaimed ballet star Roberto Bolle will headline the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics closing ceremony, titled “Beauty in Motion,” in Verona’s ancient Roman amphitheater, one of the world’s oldest, organizers announced Thursday.

The Feb. 22 closing event will pay homage to the city of Verona — which is a UNESCO world heritage site — and the Arena’s role as the venue for a famous summer opera festival, while celebrating athletic excellence and addressing climate change, said Alfredo Accatino, artistic director for the closing ceremony.

“If the climate continues to change, there won’t be Winter Olympics anymore,’’ Accatino lamented.

The central stage within the nearly 2,000-year-old Arena will be shaped like a waterdrop, symbolically uniting the m

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