Hip-Hop Icon Snoop Dogg kicks off Milan-Cortina 2026 as torchbearer and honorary coach
In a vibrant fusion of sports and pop culture, rap legend Snoop Dogg helped launch the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, carrying the Olympic torch through northern Italy. The artist, donning a white Team USA tracksuit labeled “Coach Snoop,” even treated spectators to a few signature dance steps during the relay segment between Gallarate and Monza.
This marks his second time as a torchbearer, having also participated ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Games, and he holds the title of honorary coach for the U.S. team.
The Games, officially opening February 6, will see nearly 2,900 athletes from over 90 nations compete across dispersed venues in the Italian Alps and Dolomites.
A key highlight is the debut of ski mountaineering (“skimo”); a grueling hybrid of skiing and mountaineering; alongside several new events in moguls, luge, and skeleton.
The Olympic flame, lit in Olympia, Greece, has travelled over 12,000km across Europe, carried by more than 10,000 torchbearers, culminating in this highly anticipated winter sports spectacle.
Source/ bbc.com
