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Ski mountaineering officially included in the programme of Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

 

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Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

Ski mountaineering officially included in the programme of Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

 

Lausanne/Mondovì, 20 July 2021 – The decision has unanimously made today during the 138th IOC session in Tokyo on the occasion of the Summer Olympics. After the meeting held in June, the IOC Executive Board has formally accepted the addition of the skimo proposed by the Organising Committee. The programme will include five medal events with a total of 48 athletes at the starting line, keeping the same format of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.

 

Thomas Kähr, ISMF President, asserts: “We are Olympic! We are writing an important page in the history of winter sports. After many years of commitment, efforts and passionate work we have finally reached the top step and realised the famous Olympic Dream. It has been a long and intense path, but now the satisfaction is unthinkable and the skimo community must be proud of this achievement.

I am sure that all my colleagues and the entire world of ski mountaineering are feeling an indescribable emotion in this moment and I can assure that the ISMF will do its utmost to present a magnificent sport at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.”

The ISMF would like to deeply thank all those who have made it possible to achieve this considerable milestone, including all the staff, delegates and colleagues of the ISMF.

The international federation intends to show all of them the sincerest gratitude for the great and loyal teamwork they have done over the years, because the invaluable contribution of each of them has been fundamental.

In conclusion, it is due to express our thank to the supreme organs of the International Olympic Committee, the Milan Cortina Organising Committee, the Italian National Olympic Committee and of course FISI, the Italian Winter Sports Federation, whose expectations will certainly be met.

 

Read more in the official media information of the International Olympic Committee.

 

 

Thomas Kähr, ISMF President, giving his first impressions about the inclusion of ski mountaineering in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

 

Contacts

Thomas Kähr, ISMF President, tkaehr@ismf-ski.org, +41 79 230 0765

Roberto Cavallo, ISMF General Manager, rcavallo@ismf-ski.org, +39 335 5745945

 

About the ISMF

Founded in 2007, the International Ski Mountaineering Federation ISMF is the global governing body for ski mountaineering competitions. Since 2016, the organization is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee IOC. Its main goals are the promotion, regulation and development of the ski mountaineering sport worldwide. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the ISMF’s membership consists of 38 national mountaineering or ski sports federations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The ISMF organizes ski mountaineering World Cups events and World Championships. For the first time, ski mountaineering has been a medal sport at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne Switzerland and has recently been included in the programme of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

 

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