Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

This is a brief CST activities page to help celebrate the start of the 'Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026', which runs from 6-22 February.

Ask who enjoys following the Winter Olympic Games? Who prefers the Summer Olympic Games?

Has anyone a favourite winter sport?

Has anyone ever tobogganed, skied or skated?

What about non Winter Olympic Games, e.g. snowball fight, snowman building, cold water swimming or making snow angels. Has anyone had fun recently with these?

What do people think of this years mascots, what do they think they represent?

The 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina feature two stoats named Tina and Milo as official mascots. Representing the Italian spirit, the light-coloured Tina is the Olympic mascot (representing Cortina), while the brown-furred, resilient Milo represents the Paralympics (representing Milan). They are accompanied by six snowdrop flowers, known as "The Flo". 

Before starting, just a reminder that I am an unpaid content creator without any bidget or admin support. You can help cover me costs to keep this a free and open access CST activities resource by buying me a coffee here - https://buymeacoffee.com/simondementia

There is also a video based version of this activity page, designed for people with mild to moderate dementia without access to an ongoing CST maintenance group here ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs_9663mfXA

Round 1. Facts About Milano

Has anyone visited Milan? If so what did they think of it?

Here are some interesting facts about Milan. Are any of them surprising to members?

Take time to discuss high fashion, European cathedrals, Leonardo Da Vinci's work, opera, panettone and football.

Did anyone have a Ford Cortina? They were produced from 1962-1982, with 4.3m cars sold.

Having looked at these facts, would you now like to visit Milan?

Round 2. Idioms

Ask members to guess at the sayings illustrated in these AI generated images ...

Round 3. Olympic Sports

Ask members to name these Winter Olympics sports ...

Round 4. Winter Olympics

Ask members to name the countries where these Winter Olympics were held ...

Round 5. British Winter Olympians

Team GB doesn't usually fare very well in the Winter Olympics, however, there have been some gold medalists ...

Video break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Til6Pv3NgCI

Name the music and composer?

Round 6. Other Snowy Things

Some related questions ...

Round 7. TV & Movies

Some related TV shows and movies ...

Round 8. Name That Tune

Play clips and ask members to name the songs and artists ...

You could finish with this classical piece of winter music ...

Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GUzJ7fQBtg