Bronze medals for Dorothea Wierer in the 7.5 km biathlon sprint and Davide Ghiotto in skating 10,000 meters at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2022. There are therefore 10 medals won by the Azzurri in this winter edition.
Meanwhile, waiting for Arianna’s encore in the short track (this time in the 1,000 meters) Fontana, a new medal in skiing for Federica has disappeared Brignone, now expects the sword of Damocle del Tas (Arbitration Court of Sports) of Lausanne on the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva positive on doping test. But let’s see in detail.
Dorothea Wierer’s bronze
Wierer has accomplished yet another career feat. An extraordinary test that of the 31-year-old South Tyrolean biathlete who gave a show at the shooting range with a perfect and very fast shooting session, strengthening it with a solid test on tight skis. Wierer she finished in the lead in both the Shooting Time and the Range Time rankings, giving herself the satisfaction of obtaining the first 5-circle medal in the history of Italian women’s biathlon.
The gold medal went to the neck of the Norwegian Mars Roeiseland, who staged the perfect race, hoisting himself in first place with a time of 20’44 ”3, thanks also to the best time on skis. Second position for the Swedish Elvira Oeberg30 ”9 behind the leader of the standings.
Lisa Vittozzi she finished in 36th place, but the sappadina still took away the satisfaction of the second Range Time behind Wierer, with at least 10 seconds on the opponents but running into 4 shooting errors that penalized her by closing at 2’24 ” 8. Fifty-seventh place for Samuela Comola82nd Federica Sanfilippo.
Pyeongchang podiums equaled
«Welcome back Dorotea, welcome David! Thanks to your bronzes we have equaled the number of medals of PyeongChang 2018 with 9 days from the end of the Games. Proud of you, you have been very good ». Thus the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, commented on the double bronze medal won by Ghiotto and Wierer at the Beijing Olympics, where Italy has already equaled the 10 podiums of 4 years ago. “Dorothea never betrays and once again has shown her infinite class in her. Davide’s medal, on the other hand, is the confirmation of an extraordinary season and his technical growth – added Malagò -. Congratulations to the two Federations, to the presidents Wheel e Gios, and to all the technicians. We are respecting the roadmaps and honoring our country in a big way ».
The 10 medals of Italy
So far the Azzurri have won 10 medals in Beijing 2022:
– the 2 gold medals were won by Arianna Fontana (short track 500 meters women) and by the duo Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (curling, mixed doubles tournament);
– the 4 silver medals were awarded by Francesca Lollobrigida (speed skating 3,000 meters) and the mixed short track relay (Arianna Fontana, Arianna Valcepina, Andrea Cassinelli and Yuri Confortola), Federica Brignone (alpine skiing, female giant), Federico Pellegrino (sprint free technique of cross-country skiing);
– the 4 bronze medals were won by Dominik Fischnaller (men’s toboggan) and Omar Visintin (snowboard cross), Dorothea Wierer (7.5 km biathlon sprint) and Davide Ghiotto (skating 10.00 meters).