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Milan Cortina 2026: all Italians competing today Feb. 9

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After the medal haul (as many as six, a silver and six bronze medals, an absolute record for a single day) on Sunday, Italy goes on the hunt for more successes to further improve its medal tally which, at the moment, sees our country in third place with as many as nine medals won, more than any other nation present at Milan Cortina 2026. Today the Olympic program is very rich and with many Azzurri competing.

Fabrizio PonciroliLindsey 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.
So 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.

In the morning space for curling: round robin mixed doubles, Italy –USA (Stefania Constantini, Amos Mosaner). Next, spotlight on alpine skiing with the much-anticipated men’s team combined, downhill, in which Italy’s Giovanni Franzoni, Dominik Paris, Mattia Casse and Florian Schieder will participate. It should be remembered that, in this case, we are talking about an unprecedented specialty making its official debut in the five-ring event (a lot of desire on the part of the Azzurri to make their mark right away).

At lunchtime, ice hockey: women’s preliminary round, Italy – Japan. Then lots of acrobatic skiing: women’s Slopestyle, with the three heats of the final (Maria Gasslitter). Starting at 2 p.m., Alpine skiing is back on stage: men’s team combined, special slalom (Alex Vinatzer, Tommaso Sala, Tommaso Saccardi, Tobias Kastlunger). We will have to wait until 5 p.m. to enjoy luge: women’s singles heat 1 (Sandra Robatscher, Verena Hofer). At about the same time, speed skating: women’s 1000m (Maybritt Vigl).

In the evening curling returns: mixed doubles, semifinals (Stefania Constantini, Amos Mosaner). Almost simultaneously again luge with women’s singles heat 2 (Sandra Robatscher, Verena Hofer). Dinner in the company of ski jumping: men’s individual normal springboard, round 1 (Giovanni Bresadola, Francesco Cecon, Alex Insam). Then figure skating: ice dance, rhythmic dance (Charlène Guignard, Marco Fabbri). Space also for snowboarding: women’s big air, final round (ev. Marilù Poluzzi) and, to close, again ski jumping: men’s individual normal trampoline, final round (Giovanni Bresadola, Francesco Cecon, Alex Insam).

In short, lots of competitions and just as many blue athletes aiming to bring home more valuable medals to make Milan Cortina 2026 more and more exciting. The chances of other prestigious successes are certainly not lacking.

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