Seven hundred military athletes from 40 nations will face the snows of Val d’Aosta on March 20-25 to compete for the victory in the first Military World Winter Games.

For six days, the whole valley will be marked by a brilliant display of uniforms from different national army, navy and airforce staff that are competing in Nordic skiing, biathlon, downhill skiing, climbing and short track.

Events will be staged in the villages of Brusson (for the biathlon), Cogne (Nordic ski races and ski orienteering), Courmayeur (climbing and short-track), Gressoney-Saint-Jean (women’s giant slalom and slalom), Flassin of Saint-Oyen (Alpine skiing), and Gressan (men’s slalom and giant slaom).

The opening ceremony of the games takes place on March 20 at 5:00 pm in Aosta, where the delegations of nations will march, starting from Republic Square to Chamoux Square in the heart of the city.

All award ceremonies will be held in Aosta at 6:00 pm. On March 25, the flame of this first edition of Military World Games winter will be extinguished