The Olympic flame for the 2026 Winter Games arrived in Rome, Italy, on Thursday afternoon, marking the start of a series of torch relay events. Protected in a lantern, the flame landed at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport around 5 pm and was carried off the aeroplane by Italian Olympic tennis champion Jasmine Paolini and Giovanni Malago, president of the Milan-Cortina 2026 organising committee.

At around 7 pm, Italian President Sergio Mattarella received the flame at the Quirinal Palace, marking the beginning of the ceremonies leading to the official start of the flame journey on December 6.

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Malago said that the arrival of the Olympic flame in Italy and its handover to President Mattarella are moments of great emotion on the road toward Milan-Cortina 2026. He added that in the comi

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