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By [[FIBT World Championships 1989|1989]] the track was deemed safe enough by the FIBT to host another world championship.<ref name=two-man /> Following the death of Eugenio Monti in 2003, the Olympic Bobrun Cortina was renamed the Eugenio Monti Track ({{langx|it|Eugenio Monti pista}}) early the following year.<ref>[http://www.bobclubcortina.com/ Bob Club Cortina official website]</ref> The track was awarded the [[FIBT World Championships 2011|2011 World Championships]] in June 2007 over [[Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Winterberg]], Germany, and was to have undergone [[homologation]] to involve skeleton (last competed in 1992) as well, though that was not done during the [[2007-08 Bobsleigh World Cup|2007-08 Bobsleigh]] and [[2007-08 Skeleton World Cup|Skeleton World Cup season]].<ref>FIBT awards 2011 championships to Cortina d'Ampezzo - deadlink from www.bobsleigh.com</ref><ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = pointer|url2 = =33&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = tt_news|url3 = =263&tx_ttnews|bracket3 = backPid|url4 = =171&cHash=6df7e1ab49|title = Viessman World Cup Resumes in Cortina}} (January 9, 2008, article on 2007-08 Bobsleigh World Cup that did not include skeleton. Accessed December 2, 2009.)</ref> Following some issues with the city of Cortina, the track withdrew its winning bid to host the 2011 championships, leading the FIBT to award the event instead to [[Schönau am Königsee|Königssee]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = pointer|url2 = =6&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = tt_news|url3 = =543&tx_ttnews|bracket3 = backPid|url4 = =171&cHash=fb593a30c0|title = Königssee to Host 2011 FIBT World Championship}} (February 28, 2009, accessed December 2, 2009.)</ref> The track is now artificially [[refrigeration|refrigerated]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207163335/https://www.dolomiti.org/dengl/Cortina/cser/gis/bob/bob01.html Dolomiti.org track profile.]</ref>
 
On October 16, 2023, it was reported that the track will not be rebuilt to host the [[2026 Winter Olympics]], which will be hosted by Cortina D'Ampezzo, along with Milan, as no qualifying construction bids were submitted.<ref>{{cite web|title=IOC pushes back again on Italy’sItaly's $90M plan to rebuild bobsled track for 2026 Winter Olympics|url=https://apnews.com/article/bobsled-track-milan-cortina-2026-olympics-ioc-0df2e6d9442ed3406ee1b455d24cba18 |access-date=June 19, 2024|date=January 31, 2024|website=APnews.com}}</ref> The Organizing Committee, along with the IOC and the [[International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation]] have studied possibilities to hold the event in another place. Officials are still trying to rebuild the Monti track, but officials have added [[Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run]] as a backup in Lake Placid, New York.
 
==Track statistics==