With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games say that they are on track.

"Our complex organisational model is falling into place," said Andrea Varnier, the chief executive of these Games as organisers prepared to mark 100 days to the opening ceremony on Wednesday.

They were using the event in Milan to unveil the full designs for the medals and to reiterate, as their president Giovanni Malago told AFP, that preparations for the Games, which run February 6-22, are under control.

"We can see the finish line," Malago said, "but even if the schedule is met, we can't waste a single day before kickoff."

Christophe Dubi, Executive Director of the Games at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), ackno

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