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The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Torino 2006 or Turin 2006, was a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. This marked the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome. Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999.

The official motto of Turin 2006 was "Passion lives here". The Games' logo depicted a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building, drawn in white and blue ice crystals, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community. The 2006 Olympic mascots were Neve ("snow" in Italian), a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.

Italy will host the Winter Olympics again in 2026, scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Venues[]

Venue Location Events
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin Ceremonies
Oval Lingotto Speed skating
Palavela Figure skating, short track speed skating
Palasport Olimpico Ice hockey (final)
Torino Esposizioni Ice hockey
Bardonecchia Snowboarding
Cesana Pariol Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton
Cesana San Sicario Biathlon
Pinerolo Palaghiaccio Curling
Pragelato Nordic combined (ski jumping), ski jumping
Pragelato Plan Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
San Sicario Fraiteve Alpine skiing (women's combined (downhill), downhill, super-G)
Sauze d'Oulx-Jouvencaux Freestyle skiing
Sestriere Borgata Alpine skiing (men's combined (downhill), downhill, super-G)
Sestriere Colle Alpine skiing (combined (slalom), giant slalom, slalom)

Broadcasters[]

Country Broadcaster(s)
Argentina TyC
Asia Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Australia Seven Network
Brazil SporTV
Canada CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN, RDS
Caribbean CMC
China CCTV
Chinese Taipei CTS, TTV
Estonia ETV
Europe European Broadcasting Union, Eurosport
Finland Yle
France France Télévisions
Germany ARD, ZDF
Iceland RÚV
Italy RAI
Japan NHK
Latin America OTI
Malaysia RTM, Astro
Mexico TV Azteca
Middle East Arab States Broadcasting Union
Netherlands NOS
New Zealand TVNZ
Norway NRK
Puerto Rico Telemundo
Romania TVR
Serbia and Montenegro RTS, RTK
South Africa SuperSport
South Korea KBS, SBS
Sweden SVT
Switzerland SRG SSR
United Kingdom BBC
United States NBC
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