VIDEO SHOWS: DRONE VIEW OF TOFANE ALPINE SKIING CENTRE, SLIDING CENTRE AND ICE STADIUM IN CORTINA / CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND CRANES IN ACTION / RESIDENTS COMMENTING ON UPCOMING OLYMPICS SHOTLIST ONLY, COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. DRONE VIEW OVER TOFANE ALPINE SKIING CENTRE WITH OLYMPIC GRANDSTAND AND CONSTRUCTION FENCES 2. DRONE VIEW OVER TOFANE ALPINE SKIING CENTRE WITH SNOW CANNONS IN ACTION CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. VARIOUS OF SNOW CANNONS IN ACTION 4. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STANDING ON TOP OF OLYMPIC GRANDSTAND 5. VARIOUS OF GRANDSTAND WITH WORKERS IN ACTION 6. ENVIRONMENTALIST AND FOREST MANAGER, SILVERIO LACEDELLI, WALKING TOWARDS OLYMPIC ICE CENTRE 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ENVIRONMENTALIST AND FOREST MANAGER, SILVERIO LACEDELLI, SAYING: "The opinions are obviously divided. When the Olympic Games were assigned, it was received positively because it was said that 95% of the structures existed already, they had already been built for the ski world cup, there were the Olympic buildings that just had to be adjusted a little. With these 95%, I thought, the (remaining) 5% will just be some temporary buildings, some grandstands, some additional things, things that wouldn't cause much harm. Instead, the opposite has happened. 95% of structures had to be built." CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 8. DRONE VIEW OVER OLYMPIC ICE STADIUM WITH CRANES NEXT TO IT CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 9. OLYMPIC RINGS ON ROOF OF ICE STADIUM AND BANNER READING 'MILANO CORTINA 2026' 10. ORIGINAL OLYMPIC TORCH FROM 1956 ON TOP OF OLYMPIC ICE CENTRE 11. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WALKING AROUND CARS AND CRANES 12. WORKERS CARRYING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ENVIRONMENTALIST AND FOREST MANAGER, SILVERIO LACEDELLI, SAYING: "There are some strong economic and political powers which are working together. They are damaging all of the environment in favour of a kind of extractivism, it's called extractivism, or ecological imperialism, meaning that they had already made big investments and so now, they want the economic result. The economic result won't be distributed among the people of Cortina. Cortina has 5,000 inhabitants and 50,000 sleeping accommodations. So the biggest part, 80%, of people sleeping here come from outside." CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 14. DRONE VIEW OVER OLYMPIC ICE STADIUM AND TOWN CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 22, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 15. VARIOUS OF DRONE VIEW OVER CORTINA SLIDING CENTRE CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 16. VARIOUS OF WORKER CUTTING WOOD 17. VARIOUS OF WORKERS TRANSPORTING CONCRETE BLOCKS WITH DIGGERS 18. TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERTA DE ZANNA, WALKING TOWARDS OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN 19. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERTA DE ZANNA, SAYING: "They are now installing a new connection system (cableway) which crosses the fields of Mortise, which is a very beautiful part of Cortina. The environmental impact of this is also really high. On top of that, it has been constructed on a landslide. So there are huge problems regarding stabilty. They said they had compensated for that with some engineering solutions. But we are all perfectly aware that this is a moving landslide and sooner or later, the price will have to be paid for that. And we're not even talking about the town yet. Everywhere, there are construction sites. Every space has been occupied by Olympic installations, the sponsors, the tv. We had to close the cinema, the gym." 20. VARIOUS OF APOLLONIO-SOCREPES CABLEWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH WORKERS IN ACTION 21. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERTA DE ZANNA, SAYING: "The question is, was it worth sacrificing the money and the town to build a structure whose use is relative? I'd say no, also because the future of ski will bring many unknown factors due to climate change and due to the lack of snow. You just have to take a look around. There is no snow." 22. VARIOUS OF STATUE OF MILANO CORTINA 26 ON TOP OF COUNTDOWN BEING CLEANED 23. VARIOUS OF TOWN CENTER OF CORTINA WITH PEOPLE PASSING BY LUXURY SHOPS CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 22, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 24. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) RESIDENT OF CORTINA, FRANCO, SAYING: "I am very much in favour of the Olympics, I have been a big athlete myself so it couldn't be any other way. However, this year, the Olympics are not like they used to be in 1956. Sadly, it will be like it was in 1956, we had the Olympics and then sold all of the town because people found out about the beauty of Cortina." 25. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) RESIDENT OF CORTINA, MARGHERITA, SAYING: "I am in favour because it makes the place alive. I'd say that's good. Later on, we will see what happens. But now, in the starting phase, it is going well, yes." CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 28. DRONE VIEW OVER CORTINA CORTINA, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 29. CRANE IN FRONT OF OLYMPIC ICE CENTRE 30. VIEW OVER TOWN WITH SEVERAL CRANES 31. CHURCH AND BUILDINGS IN CORTINA 32. STATUE OF OLYMPIC RINGS IN FRONT OF MOUNTAINS
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