The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics medals were unveiled this week at an event in Venice. The medals are described as a "celebration of Italian design and victory through the Italian spirit."

The Milan-Cortina Olympics are the first games with two host cities in the name. So the medals for the upcoming Winter Games represent “two halves coming together.”

Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games unveiled a two halves medal design at Palazzo Balbi in Venice, Italy. The unique design that merges two halves symbolises not only the union of Milan and Cortina, but also the spirit of victory and the effort required to achieve it,