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Beijing: Malagò, 11th medal already more than PyeongChang

2022-02-12T22:35:59.246Z


'First goal achieved, this Italy can give us other joys' (ANSA) The Italian expedition to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics reaches the halfway point with the medals already risen to 11, one more than those collected at the Games four years ago, when there are still eight days of competitions to be played. "The first goal has been achieved: we have exceeded the number of medals won in Pyeongchang. We did it thanks to a discipline such as snowboarding where we h


The Italian expedition to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics reaches the halfway point with the medals already risen to 11, one more than those collected at the Games four years ago, when there are still eight days of competitions to be played.

"The first goal has been achieved: we have exceeded the number of medals won in Pyeongchang. We did it thanks to a discipline such as snowboarding where we have become a world power", commented the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, euphoric silver by Omar Visintin and Michela Moioli in mixed team snowboarding.

"The medal represents for our standard-bearer Michela an extraordinary revenge after the individual competition of the other day and for Omar a wonderful confirmation of his great abilities.

If couple curling surprised the world and Arianna Fontana confirmed to be a champion, with the gold of the relay and the silver of the 500, not everything, to tell the truth, has gone smoothly in the Azzurri Olympics so far.

Overall, male and female alpine skiing has reserved more than one disappointment compared to the forecasts.

The blue of the Super G, leader in the specialty World Cup, finished very far from the podium, missing a favorable opportunity.

With Sofia Goggia looking for a miraculous recovery for the downhill on February 15th, the Yanqing race ended with the Italian specialists far from the podium.

Federica Brignone, silver of the giant and openly claimant to gold in 'his of hers' race, stopped in seventh place.

Then men hurt in fast disciplines,

their most congenial ones: Paris and Innerhoffer missed the downhill podium and Super-G, and the Marsaglia-Casse controversy was added to the negative results.

Declared the disappointment of Michela Moioli in the snowboard single, promptly redeemed by the silver in the team test, precisely the medal n.11.

"This Italy can give us other joys", added Malagò.

Seeing the program, they could come from short track (Arianna Fontana in 1500 m and Pietro Sighel in 500 m), speed skating (Francesca Lollobrigida in mass start), combined (Federica Brignone), parallel slalom (Marta Bassino).

Then, in cross-country skiing with Federico Pellegrino (relay 4 X 10 km) and Dorothea Wierer (10 km pursuit and 12.5 km of mass start).

And above all from the women's downhill skiing downhill:

Sofia Goggia is now smiling, but if, as it seems, she will accomplish the small sporting miracle of being at the starting gate, her competitiveness remains a question mark.

One of his heavy medals would be the most beautiful high pitch, what is lacking in an expedition already promoted by numbers.

Source: ansa

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