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The 2026 Winter Olympics Are Looking Beyond the Horizon

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Andrea Varnier, chief executive of the Milan-Cortina organizing committee, talks about managing the most sprawling Games in history, and why he thinks it could be a model for future Olympics.

Andrea Varnier inside Milan’s San Siro, the site of the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics.Credit...Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Organizing Committee

The floor-to-ceiling windows in Andrea Varnier’s 44th-floor office offer a sweeping view of Milan and some of the mountains that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics, but Varnier jokes that the panorama is not for him.