Preparations for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics ratcheted up Thursday on the eve of the opening ceremony while the start of the ice hockey was hit by an outbreak of norovirus. The first day of the ice hockey competition suffered a setback when a women's game between defending champions Canada and Finland had to be postponed after Finnish players fell ill with norovirus.

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The 2026 Winter Olympics will have 116 medal events in 16 disciplines, an increase of seven events and one discipline from previous edition in Beijing in 2022.