MILAN (ITALPRESS) – On the day of her 35th birthday, Francesca Lollobrigida makes the best possible gift: is a gold medal for the blue athlete, who gives the first triumph to the speed skating for women in the Winter Olympics. The 3000 meters are a crescendo of emotions for the blue, which blinds the victory with a final rush simply sensational. Lollobrigida is gold with the time of 3.54.28, new Olympic and Italian record, and the last two batteries do nothing but certify its success: silver to the Norwegian Ragne Wiklund (+2.26), bronze to the Canadian Valerie Maltais (+2.65).
“I have built this success hard in recent years. My son has always been at my side: it was not easy. The hardest part was when I stopped nursing and left it at the nest. Today seeing him on the sides was unique: being a mother-athlete and winning in front of his son is the maximum. I didn’t want to choose between being a mom and dedicating myself to sports. I took a break, then I left immediately for the gathering.” So Francesca Lollobrigida, the microphones of Sky Sport, after the gold won. Commondo l’abbraccio tra la samplessa di Frascati, dell’Aeronautica Militare, e il son Tommaso, two and a half years after today’s success.
THE PROGRAMME AND THE ORDER OF ALL GARE
MATTARELLA CHIAMA BUONFIGLIO “A LOLLOBRIGIDA I MIEI COMPLIMENTI”
The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella called the President of the Coni Luciano Buonfiglio to congratulate himself after the gold medal won by speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida in 3,000 meters. “I followed the race – said Mattarella in Buonfiglio – congratulations and congratulations. I talked to her on Thursday at lunch at the Olympic Village and I had felt a lot of charge. Please let her reach my most vivid compliments, to extend to technicians and federations and other blue athletes who won medals today.”.
MELONI “COMPLIMENTI A LOLLOBRIGIDA, STRAORDINARIO ORO OLIMPICO”
“Compliments to Francesca Lollobrigida for an extraordinary Olympic gold, the first for Italy, conquered with an Olympic record on his birthday”. Thus, on X, the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni.
CROSETTO “GRANDE LOLLOBRIGIDA, ORGOGLIO DIFESA E ITALIA”
“The first gold for Italy is always an emotion. Even more when it comes from a defense athlete. Congratulations to Francesca Lollobrigida, Primo Aviere Scelto dell’Aeronautica Militare, who on the day of his birthday conquered a fantastic gold and signed the new Olympic record. Pride for Defense, pride for Italy.” So the defense minister, Guido Crosetto.
BUONFIGLIO “GRANDE EMOZIONE”
“It’s the Olympiad of the first times, it’s a great emotion and it comes to me to cry. I don’t know if we realize what’s going on. FISI and FISG are two Federations with presidents, technical staff, logistics, health care and Olympic preparation that have left nothing to chance and that deserve this success and the applause of all Italy and the Italian sports world. The protocol of the institute of medicine and science of sport on the athlete in motherhood is an invitation to all the athletes so that they make so many children and is an invitation to the Italian Government to give the right support to our girls to continue to dedicate themselves to their activities and to be protagonists of success”. So the president of the Coni, Luciano Buonfiglio. The same Francesca Lollobrigida, a fresh gold medal in Milan-Cortina, is called “mamma atleta”.
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