A day full of emotions today at Winter Olympics, With the 'Italy protagonist of great successes and some disappointments in the current competitions. The brightest moment came from the short tracks, Where the Italian mixed relay team won gold, giving Italy its second gold medal of the Games. History was made by Ariadne Fontana, who with this victory reaches the 12th Olympic medal of her career, confirming herself as the most medaled Italian athlete of all time in the winter sports.
The blue team, composed of Fontana, Chiara Betti, Thomas Nadalini, Peter Sighel e Luca Spechenhauser, managed the race with calm and precision, outperforming teams of the caliber of Canada and Belgium. The president of the Italian Ice Sports Federation, Andrea Gios, emphasized: "It's not just Arianna, but the entire team that proved to be exceptional," he declared. In the singles, two Italians made the quarterfinals of the women's 500 m: Fontana with the fifth fastest time overall and Betti. Unfortunately, Arianna Sighel she left due to a fall.
Great satisfaction also in the mixed doubles curling: Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner have conquered the bronze medal beating Great Britain 5-4, adding another prestigious podium to the Italian list of honours and replicating the success achieved in Beijing.
Alpine skiing: Goggia falls, Pirovano third in the women's team combined event
The women's team combined event provided mixed emotions. fall of Sofia Goggia in the downhill he marked the day of the Italians, but Laura Pirovano achieved an important third place. The young athlete's Olympic debut Giada D'Antonio, 16, had a more bitter experience: the athlete dropped out in the slalom, ending her race early. For the other Italians: Nicol Delago e Anna Rocker finished 10th, while the couples Goggia-Della Mea, Nadia Delago-D'Antonio e Pirovano-Peterlini have been eliminated.
In the men's combined, John Franzoni he signed the best time in the downhill, but together with his teammates dominik paris, Tommaso Sala e Alex Vinatzer, failed to reach the podium, finishing between fifth and seventh place.
Cross-country skiing and biathlon: a battle for medals
The cross-country skiing competitions saw the Italian athletes competing in classic technical sprints. Despite good performances, Federico Pellegrino, Simone Daprà eDavide Mocellini They stopped in the semi-finals. Among the women, Caterina Ganz e Federica Cassol They competed in the semifinals without reaching the final. In the men's 20 km biathlon, Tommaso Giacomel He finished sixth, with three errors on the shooting range and a gap of +2'27" from the winner. The gold medal went to Johan Olav Botn (Norway), the silver to Eric Perrot (France), and the bronze to Sturla Holm Laegreid (Norway).
Curling and hockey: challenges for the podium
In curling mixed doubles, Stephanie Constantini e Amos Mosaner they compete for bronze against Great Britain. In thewomen's hockey, the Azzurre beat Japan 3-2, gaining access to the quarter-finals and keeping their hopes of a podium alive.
How many medals has Italy won so far at the 2026 Olympics?
With the victory in the short track mixed relay and the bronze in curling, theItaly climbs to fourth place of standings for gold medals while remaining among the most prolific nations with 11 podiums overall: 2 golds, 2 silvers and 7 bronzes. In the lead is the Norway with 6 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes (11 total), followed by Switzerland with 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze (5) and fromAustria with 2 golds and 3 silvers (5).
Il complete blue medal table updated in real time features:
Le gold medals:
- Francesca Lollobrigida (speed skating 3000 m)
- Elisa Confortola, Arianna Fontana, Thomas Nadalini, and Pietro Sighel (short track mixed relay)
Le silver medals:
- Giovanni Franzoni (downhill Alpine Skiing)
- Dorothea Wierer, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, and Lisa Vittozzi (mixed biathlon relay)
Le bronze medals:
- Dominik Paris (downhill Alpine Skiing)
- Sofia Goggia (downhill Alpine Skiing)
- Lucia Dalmasso (women's snowboard)
- Riccardo Lorello (speed skating 3000 m)
- Dominik Fischnaller (sledding)
- Sara Conti, Niccolò Macii, Lara Naki Gutmann, Matteo Rizzo (team figure skating)
- Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (mixed doubles curling)
A haul that keeps alive the declared goal of 20 medals.
