Milan Cortina 2026, even Donald Trump is coming (but on one condition)

Donald Trump could land in Milan for the final of the Olympic ice hockey tournament, scheduled for 2:10 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Giulia arena, should the United States play for the gold. The tournament for now is lined up for the quarterfinals, with Team USA waiting to hear whether it will take on Latvia or Sweden. The White House tenant, according to Corriere della Sera writes, is expected to arrive in Milan directly on Sunday and then travel that evening to the Verona Arena for the closing ceremony. It could be a blitz of a few hours, although it is not ruled out that the American president will touch down in Italy on his Air Force One as early as Saturday night.

Andrea Gussoni

In that case he would stay, as his deputy JD Vance has already done, at the Gallia in Milan. Questura and prefecture have been alerted and are already putting the plan in motion to ensure the security of the’most powerful man in the world, which is no small feat given that there were 45 vehicles accompanying Vance. Already qualified for the quarters, in addition to the U.S., are Slovakia, Canada and Finland. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, at 4:40 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. Only then will there be certainty as to whether or not the U.S. will be present at the challenge for the gold, which the Stars and Stripes team has been missing since the historic 1980 Miracle on Ice edition in Lake Placid, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviets in the semifinals and then bent Finland in the last act. The last two editions were won by Canada.

Lindsey Vonn meanwhile is back home in Colorado, USA, after a week of hospitalization at Ca’Foncello Hospital in Treviso, Italy. The American champion, who underwent four surgeries on her left leg after a terrible fall in the downhill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, left the clinic Sunday morning, giving away all the stuffed animals she received in recent days to the children hospitalized in the pediatrics ward.

Vonn had made an appeal on social media after her fourth operation: “I have read many messages and comments from people saying they are sad about what happened to me. Please don&#8217t be sad. I wholeheartedly welcome empathy, love and support, but please not sadness or pity. Instead, I hope this gives you the strength to keep fighting, because that is what I am doing and what I will continue to do. Always”.

“When I think back to my fall… I was not at the starting gate unaware of the potential consequences– added the star athlete -. I knew what I was doing. I chose to take a risk. Every skier in that gate took the same risk. Because even if you are the strongest person in the world, the mountain always holds the cards”.