{"id":411997,"date":"2026-02-06T23:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411997\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:53:12","slug":"winter-games-opening-ceremony-live-olympic-cauldrons-lit-after-jd-vance-and-israeli-athletes-booed-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411997\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Games Opening Ceremony LIVE: Olympic cauldrons lit after JD Vance and Israeli athletes booed in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Olympic crowd\u2019s boos for JD Vance show politics can\u2019t be avoided at 2026 Winter Games<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll leave you with Flo Clifford\u2019s report from inside San Siro:<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 23:03<\/p>\n

<\/a>The end of the Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the end of that!<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Olympic cauldron under the Arco della Pace in Milan is lit by Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni (REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 22:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Olympic cualdrons are lit!<\/p>\n

Italian legendary skiers Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni light one cauldron in Milan, I believe, as Sofia Goggia lights the cauldron simultaneously in Cortina. <\/p>\n

They will both stay lit until the end of the Games.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 22:29<\/p>\n

<\/a>Winter Olympics \u2013 Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

The Olympic torch is being passed between various people, some of whom are celebrated Italian athletes such as skiier Sofia Goggia. It\u2019s all a bit slow but the flame is slowly making its way towards the cauldron…<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 22:26<\/p>\n

<\/a>Winter Olympics \u2013 Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

The great Eliud Kipchoge is one of a number of athletes who brings the Olympic flag into the stadium.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Olympic Flag is carried by Tadatoshi Akiba, Rebeca Andrade, Maryam Bukar Hassan, Nicolo Govoni, Filippo Grandi, Eliud Kipchoge, Cindy Ngamba and Pita Taufatofua. (REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 22:16<\/p>\n

<\/a>Charlize Theron reads Mandela’s words<\/p>\n

Performers dance to a reading of a poem about peace and rejecting war, before Charlize Theron takes the stage to deliver \u201ca message of peace by my beloved countryman Nelson Mandela\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

She adds a \u201cresounding call for peace everywhere\u201d. <\/p>\n

\"CharlizeCharlize Theron (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 22:07<\/p>\n

<\/a>Andrea Bocelli takes centre stage<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 21:59<\/p>\n

<\/a>Winter Olympics \u2013 Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

Next up: Andrea Bocelli performing Nessun Dorma. Wonderful.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 21:57<\/p>\n

<\/a>Winter Olympics \u2013 Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

Kirsty Coventry, the IOC president, speaks now. \u201cMy fellow Olympians,\u201d she says, playing on a key part of her election pledge, which was that she only recently was an athlete herself, rather than a career bureaucrat. <\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to your Games. I know what it feels like, that mix of excitement and nerves, your whole life of hard work, early mronings, long days, sacrifices, setbacks, it all comes down to this. I know that feeling when you realise, this is it. You\u2019ve made it. So first, be proud. And now, take it all in. Enjoy it. Enjoy every second.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"KirstyKirsty Coventry, President of the International Olympic Committee during the Opening Ceremony (Peter Kneffel\/POOL\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere6 February 2026 21:46<\/p>\n

<\/a>Winter Olympics \u2013 Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my country, I love sport, and I love the Olympic movement,\u201d says president of the organising committee, Giovanni Magalo. <\/p>\n

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