Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
- Simon O'Donovan
- 7 hours ago
- 2 min read
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".
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 ...
Song break ...
Ask members to choose ...
(Some nice imagery here)
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 ...
And/or answer the questions below ...
Some discussion questions to go with these songs ...
How do you keep warm in winter?
What is the worst winter, in terms of snow, we have recently had?
Which country has hosted the most Winter Olympic Games?
True or False. The Winter Olympic Games were once hosted in the southern hemisphere?
What is 'freezing point', in degrees celsius & fahrenheit?
When does Spring start?
You could finish with this callsic winter piece of classical music ...
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