At the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics the Italian team collected twenty of them but this time in Milan Cortina the Azzurri have many more possibilities
Italy has achieved the record for medals won in a Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994 when the Italian delegation took home 20. But then there were only 61 races while in Milan Cortina there will be 116 and if we add to this the fact that Team Italia is considered very strong in many disciplines, hoping to beat the record obtained 32 years ago is not impossible. The hunt for medals begins and the first opportunity will be alpine skiing where both men and women are very strong. And a flying start could unleash the enthusiasm of all the Azzurri who will be dragged along
Franzoni and Paris, Goggia and Brignone
The first Olympic title will be awarded on Saturday in Bormio and the Italian team will be very keen on the event. Excellent results in the timed trials in recent days and great results obtained in the World Cup with two spearheads: Giovanni Franzoni and Dominique Paris, the young and the experienced. Franzoni’s explosion this season has been sensational with victories in the super-G in Wengen and in the Kitzbuhel freestyle. But as the Olympic event approached, all the speed guys showed excellent condition. Paris won six times in downhill and once in Super-G on the Stelvio slope. It’s practically his home, but also watch out for Mattia Casse and Florian Scheiber who set the two best times in the last test. And the girls working in Cortina will experience the same sensations. In particular Sofia Goggia who has already put on a show on the Olympia delle Tofane and won four times in downhill. The eve of, however, is full of unknowns Stefania Brignonethe reigning world champion demonstrated that she has overcome her injury but is more comfortable in the Giant.
Fontana for the twelfth podium
One of the great stars of the blue team is Arianna Fontana who will be chasing the twelfth Olympic podium in the short track and also has excellent chances of medals Pieter Siegl, while on the long track, the world champions have an excellent chance of getting on the podium Davide Ghiotto (10,000), Andrea Giovannini (Mass Start), then together in the team pursuit trio, as well as Francesca Lollobrigida (Mass Start).
Moioli wants another gold
In snowboarding (the competitions will take place in Livigno) we line up a spearhead like Michela Moiolihistoric first Italian gold in PyeongChang 2018, who dreams of the feat after returning to the world top, even in the mixed with Lorenzo Sommariva.And then there is the eternal Ronald Fischnaller who at 45 will compete in his seventh Olympics and in the parallel giant slalom together with Bormolini, Felicelli and March it can give us joy. This edition will be the last Olympics in which he will participate Dorothea Wierer that with Lisa Vitozzi he is aiming for a great result in biathlon, a discipline in which Tommaso Giacomel also has excellent hopes of getting on the podium. In curling in Cortina we even start as favorites with the Olympic and world mixed doubles champions Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, after the historic feat of Beijing 2022. The cross-country skier will also end his career here Federico Pellegrino who dreams of a medal paired with Elijah Barp.
