It's a dream Italy: Lisa Vittozzi is gold in the biathlon!

It&#8217s truly a dream Sunday for Italy in Milan Cortina 2026: shortly after the gold won by Federica Brignone in the giant slalom and the silver won by Michela Moioli and Lorenzo Sommariva in the snowboard cross, comes another medal, still a gold one, this time for Lisa Vittozzi, an extraordinary winner of the women&#8217s 10 km pursuit in the biathlon. It is the first Olympic gold medal for Italian biathlon, an achievement that propels the 31-year-old born in Pieve di Cadore into the legend of the blue sport.

Vittozzi built her feat not only with speed on skis, but also with surgical precision on the shot: 20 out of 20 targets, which contributed to the final time of 30:11.8, which allowed her to beat Norway’s Maren Kirkeeide by 28.8 and Finland’s Suvi Minkkinen by 34.3. Vittozzi&#8217s success brings Italy its eighth gold medal of the Games and contributes to a medal tally that is surpassing all previous records: there are now 22 total medals, two more than the previous record set at Lillehammer 1994.

Francesco Lucivero

The women’s pursuit day also offered important indications for the rest of the Italian team, which was engaged in an overall positive performance behind the extraordinary Vittozzi. Dorothea Wierer ran a solid race, moving up position after position thanks to good handling at the range and a competitive pace on skis.

The South Tyrolean finished in the Top 10, precisely in ninth place overall, confirming reliability and tactical lucidity in a race that was not easy. Further behind Hannah Auchentaller, who finished in twenty-sixth place, and Michela Carrara, who instead finished in thirty-sixth place.

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