The International Olympic Committee on Monday voted to award the 2026 Winter Olympics to Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Italian bid beating Sweden's Stockholm-Are to the prize.The bidding contest for the 2026 event was reduced to a two-horse race after Japan's Sapporo, Switzerland's Sion, Austria's Graz and Canada's Calgary all dropped out of the running. The IOC eliminated Erzurum, Turkey, from consideration in October.For the second consecutive bid process, there were only two candidates that went the distance and were considered in the final vote.In the race for the 2022 Games, China's cap…READ FULL ARTICLE