According to the source, the mayor of the city Giuseppe Sala had earlier applied for participation, but he had no competitors and the decision was taken in the direction of Milan.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, heading the IOC Committee, recalled that for the city there will be set a number of requirements that he will have to fulfill. This includes financial guarantees, as well as ensuring security, resettlement of athletes and other services.

Before the city will be put a specific framework for the preparation and construction of special sports facilities, gyms, swimming pools.

During this whole period, the IOC special audit commission will work, which will carefully keep a record of all the funds spent.

For the Winter Games-2026 apply Sion (Switzerland), Lillehammer (Norway), Calgary (Canada) and Innsbruck (Austria).

As reported in the "URA-Inform", the International Olympic Committee can remove the Russian Federation from participating in the Olympic Games in 2018 because of the possible use of doping by its athletes.