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Federico Pellegrino, fabulous bronze medal comeback in the relay

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Another historic medal for Italy, which returns to the Olympic podium in Nordic skiing by winning a splendid bronze medal in the men’s 4×7.5 km relay. The quartet composed of Elia Barp, Davide Graz, Martino Carollo and Federico Pellegrino finished third in a final dominated by Norway, gold ahead of France.

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Twenty years after Turin 2006, the Azzurri returned to celebrate a medal in the discipline. The last fraction was decisive, where a moving Pellegrino completed the comeback over Niko Anttola, overtaking him in the final and giving Italy a podium that seemed to be fading.

The race of the Azzurri was a crescendo of emotions. Barp and Graz kept Italy in the wake of the positions that counted, while Carollo struggled uphill in the third fraction and lost valuable ground. The gap to Finland exceeded ten seconds and bronze appeared distant. But in the last segment Pellegrino sews up the disadvantage meter by meter, until he flanks Anttola and beats him in the sprint thanks to his experience and power.

For the gold and silver, however, there is never any real battle: Norway, dragged by the outclassman Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (the all-time winningest at the Winter Games) dominates the event and finishes more than 22 seconds ahead of France. For Italy, it is a medal with historical and emotional value: it breaks a 20-year-long fast and brings to 19 the total number of medals won at the Games in Milan-Cortina.

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