2026 Olympics: Turin can rethink-Malago

(ANSA) - Rome, September 19 - Giovanni Malagò, the head of Italian Olympic Committee CONI, said Wednesday that Turin can reconsider whether to be part of an Italian bid to land the 2026 Winter Olympics.
    On Tuesday Cabinet Secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti said the idea of staging a combined Milan-Turin-Cortina d'Ampezzo bid for the games was "dead" due to differences between the cities.
    This prompted Veneto Governor Luca Zaia and Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana to propose staging a two-way bid led by Milan and Cortina, without Turin. Giorgetti said that he had nothing against this, but stressed that, unlike in the case of a three-way bid, central government would not provide financial guarantees.
    "It's certain that Italy has less chance of winning (with a two-way bid) without the government guarantees," Malagò told RAI radio.
    "We are still in time," he added when asked about Turin reconsidering its position.