Winter Olympics: in the free climb on Olympia delle Tofane the American falls and is taken away by helicopter, third place for Sofia, gold for the American Johnson, silver for the German Aicher. Silver for the Italian team in the mixed biathlon relay and bronze for Dalmasso in the snowboarding
The dream of Lindsay Vonn it goes out after thirteen seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane: the American who at 41 and a half years old was looking for an impossible triumph in downhill at the Olympics, skiing with a broken cruciate, hits door three with her shoulder and explodes on the snow. Frost falls on Cortina, where Vonn has won many times and is much loved. It is immediately clear that the injury is serious, the skis have not come off and Lindsay is immobile. She is rescued and after about twenty minutes she was transported to hospital by helicopter. Twenty very long minutes for those who have to get off afterwards, twenty minutes in which the sun warms the track and makes it slower. And so when it goes down Sofia Goggia there are no conditions to beat the American Johnson, even though the race from Bergamo is practically perfect. But the clock doesn’t make them right and she had to settle for bronze behind the American Breezy Johnson and the German Emma Aicher. With this result Sofia becomes the first athlete in history to win three Olympic medals in the same specialty. “I know I made some mistakes here and there. But at the same time, if I have to think about the overall result, it’s the third medal in my third Olympics. It’s a huge thing. The performance was so-so, but I won a medal again. It’s a privilege.”
Sofia’s stress
Goggia tells how she experienced the wait before the race: . “Obviously there was tension after what happened to Lindsey, but I have to say that I remained focused. On the eve I had the nightmare of the first crossbar, and instead I did it very well, but I was wrong about the Tofane schuss. But let’s look at the general perspective, we are at the Olympics and getting another medal is something great”. With Sofia there are 3 other Italians among the top 11, from Laura Pirovano, which finished sixth (at 94/100); Federica Brignone tenth at 1″19 and Nicole Delago 11th at 1″54. On Tuesday Goggia and her teammates will compete in the super-G,
Lucia Dalmasso bronze in snowboarding
Many joys were expected for Italy today in the snowboard parallel giant slalom trials. And instead a bronze medal arrived, however glittering and won by the very talented athlete Lucia Dalmassocapable of beating her compatriot and co-regional in the “final”. Elisa Caffont. Sensational elimination in the quarterfinals of the great favorite Ester Ledecka, the 2018 and Beijing 2022 champion. Gold for the Czech Republic with the young Zuzana Maderova (born in 2003), who beat the most popular in the final Payer (Austria). Net victory, of 83 cents.
Biathlon silver
In the bedlam of the Antholz Anterselva Biathlon Arena with 15,000 spectators, the first Olympic biathlon competition gave the Azzurri the silver medal. The Italian team made up of Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi confirms its power and places itself in the second place. This is the second silver in Italy’s five-ring history, the first in 4x6km mixed relay. Gold went to France, third to Germany.
