Milan-Cortina triumph highlights Italy’s north-south divide

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Italy’s winning bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics highlighted the growing gap between the north and the south of the country.
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo won the vote Monday to stage the Games as International Olympic Committee members voted 47-34 for the long-favored bid over Stockholm-Are from Sweden.
It is the third time an Olympic Games will be held in the north of Italy after Turin hosted in 2006 and Cortina staged in 1956 and comes shortly