By Karolos Grohmann MILAN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics opens on Friday, bringing the world's top athletes together in the biggest winter sports show on earth. The Games will be the last one to be held with the existing and fragmented regulations regarding the eligibility of transgender athletes in women's categories.

The XXV Winter Olympic Games is set to unfold out of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, starting on February 6 until February 22.