The United States is already dominating the narrative before the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games have even started. MILAN (AP) — Two years before the Los Angeles Olympics, the United States is already dominating the narrative in the run-up to the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games . International Olympic Committee officials, including President Kirsty Coventry , couldn’t avoid questions relating to ICE and the Jeffrey Epstein files at a news conference in Milan on Sunday.