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L'Italy celebrates again: silver in biathlon mixed relay

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Italy is still partying on the second day of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The Azzurri also broke the ice in the biathlon, winning a stunning silver medal in the mixed relay. The quartet made up of Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer managed to finish in second place in the Olympic race, with a time of 1:04:41

Luca FranzosiLindsey Vonn, tremendous fall and end of Olympic dream in Cortina: photos

Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Thus ends the attempt to rewrite history by the champion. Astonished audience.
The race is immediately stopped after the fall of the American champion.
She closes in tears the dream of winning an Olympic medal at 41 years old.

Vonn aimed to overtake compatriot Breezy Johnson, in the lead up to that point.
Started with bib 13, she chooses a very high line at the'entrance of the first crossbar.
He hits a goal with his right shoulder, loses his balance and falls ruinously.

The'impact takes place on the'Olympia of the Tofane, a track where he had already triumphed twelve times in his career.
The screams of pain of the champion break the silence of Cortina.

In previous days she had revealed the complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in Crans Montana.
The'injury had occurred in the'last World Cup race before the Olympics.
The first responders arrive immediately on the track after the fall.
Vonn is immobilized and loaded onto the toboggan by rescuers.
The'helicopter transports away the American champion from the Tofane.

The Italian team finished just over 25 seconds behind France, which took the gold medal with a time record of 1:04:15. Third place instead for Germany, which came in over a minute behind the transalpines with a time of 1:05:20.

Italy, fourth after the first three fractions with Giacomel and Hofer, moved up to second place thanks to a great performance by Lisa Vittozzi, who was perfect on the polygon. For her it is the second medal in her career, after the bronze she won in Pyeongchang 2018. Fourth Olympic medal for Dorothea Wierer, in her first silver after three bronzes.

Third medal for Hofer, while Giacomel is making her first overall Olympic claim. Big roar from the Anterselva crowd at the finish line.

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