Pressure is mounting on the Milano Cortina organizers
ITALY: Pressure is mounting on Italian authorities to speed up preparations for the Milan Cortina Olympics amid funding shortfalls and unusually high temperatures, even as the head of world skiing openly backs a fundamental overhaul of how future Winter Games will be hosted.With the Games set to begin in February, International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) president Johan Eliasch said Italy’s challenges are symptomatic of deeper structural issues facing winter sports, as rising costs, climate pressure and underutilized fuel infrastructure demand a rotating model of permanent Olympic hosts.Growing concern about climate pressure, cost escalation and waste of Olympic infrastructure after
