MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Thirty medals, of which ten of gold. Still hoping in praise. The one in Milan-Cortina has now assumed the contours of a legendary Olimpiade for the blues, which also in the last day of races go three times. In Livigno the story is written: never Italy had won an Olympic medal in the ski cross and even there are two, gold with Simone Deromedis and silver for Federico Tomasoni, that at photofinish drinks the Swiss Alex Fiva. The 25-year-old Trenton, world champion 2023 and seven hits in the maximum circuit, dominates the final. “Winning the Olympic medal is the maximum aspiration of every athlete, win it at home, with the audience who gave us an extra boost because when your legs don’t help you anymore you have to head, it’s fantastic, the maximum – confess – I don’t know how to describe it, already competing at home is a fortune, today all the stars have aligned. Our freestyle is growing, we arrived a little later than other nations but now we are giving solid results.” Never on the podium in the World Cup, Tomasoni was at the start with a sun represented on the helmet, a tribute to his girlfriend Matilde Lorenzi who died in October 2024. “It was already exciting to imagine this moment to come true. The fairy tales exist. Bringing that sun on the helmet was an extra stuff, in the heart, in the legs. To achieve what happened it will take a little time.”.
From Livigno to Milan, here is the bronze of Andrea Giovannini in the mass start, second personal medal after the victory in the pursuit of teams. Cards disappeared from the initial flight of Bergsma and Thorup, the 32-year-old from Trentino, however, took advantage of the collapse of Medard and flew for third place. “It’s a bronze worth gold, in Beijing I was sick, I wanted to retire, now I closed the circle.” No tris, however, for Francesca Lollobrigida, who after the two ori must swallow the rose of the wooden medal (“I’m wrong”, makes mea culpa), with the Holland that climbs us third in the medal.
The last career race for Federico Pellegrino, forced to give forfait for an influence in 50 km of background won by the usual Klaebo (six out of six, 11 in total, only Phelps and Spitz in the history of the Games have collected more successes in a single edition) while Dorothea Wier dismisses himself with a full heart test in the mass start of biathlon, closed in fifth position. “This was the last time. Perhaps I will come back just to be a fan for my teammates – the words of the 35-year-old South Tyrolean financier – Gareggiare a last time here was really special. This is where I started shooting for the first time. I have my first memories here, and stop right here, with so many beautiful races I’ve done in the past years, it’s amazing. And all this affection of fans is worth more than one medal.” Only 18th Lisa Vittozzi, too imprecise to the shooting. Fifth is the mixed ski mountaineering bracket formed by the spouses Alba De Silvestro and Michele Boscacci, as is fifth in the four-wheeled Italian crew led by Baumgartner after the first two heats but 78 cents from the summit. Tomorrow there is room to dream of a last joy.
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