New Year Message: IOC President Kirsty Coventry hails milestone year ahead of Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
  • Title New Year Message: IOC President Kirsty Coventry hails milestone year ahead of Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
  • Publication Date 1st January 2026
  • Languages EN
  • Location Olympic House, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Press Release https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/new-year-s-message-2026-by-ioc-president-kirsty-coventry
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    In a New Year message to the Olympic community, IOC President Kirsty Coventry thanked the “entire Olympic Community” for the “incredible support and encouragement” she has received during her first months in office, saying: “Your passion and commitment inspire me every day.” Looking ahead to 2026, the IOC President highlighted the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 noting that the Games will “bring together the best winter sport athletes in Bella Italia” and that “the torch is already moving across Italy, connecting communities and building excitement for Milano Cortina 2026.”

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    IOC PRESIDENT MESSAGE AND DAKAR 2026 COPYRIGHT © 2026 International Olympic Committee - All Rights Reserved. IOC Newsroom video news releases (IOC-VNRs) are the exclusive property of the IOC. They are made available to you for bona fide news reporting purposes only and all rights required for their production have been cleared. Terms and conditions of the IOC Newsroom and Olympics.com apply. OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY MILANO CORTINA 2026 COPYRIGHT © 2026 International Olympic Committee - All Rights Reserved. IOC Newsroom video news releases (IOC-VNRs) are the exclusive property of the IOC. They are made available to you for bona fide news reporting purposes only and all rights required for their production have been cleared. IOC-VNRs related to the Olympic Torch Relay (OTR) are subject to the terms and conditions of the IOC Newsroom and Olympics.com and shall be used in accordance with the specific News Access Rules for the OTR applicable for each relevant Olympic Games edition in particular in respect to the amount of content, duration of use, no use of Olympic Properties, no commercial association, on-screen credit (“Courtesy of the International Olympic Committee”), infringements and monitoring, etc.

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