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This could crook retired to beryllium Italy's champion Winter Olympics ever aft a record-breaking time connected location snowfall and ice.
The big federation picked up six medals connected Sunday (February 8, 2026), the astir Italy has ever won successful a azygous time astatine the Winter Olympics. The breakdown: 1 metallic and 5 bronze.
Ski prima Sofia Goggia kicked it disconnected with a bronze medal successful the women's downhill and Lucia Dalmasso was besides 3rd successful snowboarding's parallel elephantine slalom.
The Italy squad won metallic successful the mixed relay biathlon contention and Riccardo Lorello claimed bronze successful the men's speedskating 5,000 meters.
The authoritative X relationship for the Milan Cortina Games proclaimed it to beryllium Italy's champion time successful Winter Olympics history. And that was earlier Dominik Fischnaller won bronze successful men's singles luge, and earlier Italy took bronze successful the fig skating squad lawsuit successful the evening.
“Competing astatine location is decidedly thing unique. The fans did their part,” Lorello said. “I'm precise blessed to person enactment the cherry connected apical tonight. And I'm arrogant of each of my Italian teammates successful the different sports.” Italy has 9 medals aft conscionable 2 days of medal events, with the big federation winning gold, metallic and bronze connected Saturday (February 7, 2026).
The Azzurri are astir halfway to their champion ever tally astatine a Winter Games, that was 20 astatine Lillehammer successful 1994.
Italy won 11 medals the past clip it hosted the Games, successful Turin successful 2006. It claimed 17 successful Beijing 4 years ago.
At a ceremonial successful October to people 100 days to spell until the commencement of the Milan Cortina Games, Italian Olympic Committee president Luciano Buonfiglio said Italy was aiming for a minimum people of 19 medals.
