ROME, Italy (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and attend the opening ceremony, the White Home stated Saturday.
Vance can be joined by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second woman Usha Vance, U.S. Ambassador Tilman Fertitta and a bunch of Olympic gold medalists, the White Home stated in an announcement.
The Milan Cortina Video games kick off on Feb. 6. The opening ceremony’s Parade of Nations will characteristic athletes led by the nationwide flagbearers not solely in Milan’sSan Siro stadium, which can be filled with 60,000 spectators, but additionally, for the primary time in Olympic historical past, in three different places: the mountain venues of Cortina, Predazzo and Livigno.
U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t on the record of members of the delegation.
The athletes within the Olympic delegation embody Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, twin sisters who have been members of the ice hockey group that won in 2018. Determine skater Evan Lysacek and Apolo Ohno, who gained gold twice briefly observe velocity skating, will even be a part of.
