By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn said her Olympic dream was not over despite a downhill crash landing her in hospital on Friday, a week before the start of the Milano Cortina Games,

Seventy years after hosting the Olympic Winter Games, Cortina d'Ampezzo is preparing for its next chapter. Milano Cortina 2026 builds on the legacy of the 1956 Games, with a planning model that makes the most of what already exists, and an approach focused on creating long-term value for Alpine communities in a changing mountain environment.

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.

A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands. Olympic fans may know that Cortina d’Ampezzo hosted the Winter Games once before,

The Olympic torch relay reached the co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday, heading into the Dolomite town on the 70th anniversary of the opening of its 1956 Winter Games.

The Winter Olympic Games begin in Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo on Feb. 6. Visit these Northern Italian restaurants to taste the region's fare.

With the return of the Winter Olympics, all eyes are once again on Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee.