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Francesca Lollobrigida, comes another wonderful gold at the Olympics!

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Memorable feat by Francesca Lollobrigida at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The speed skater, after winning the 3,000 meters a few days ago, also won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters final, signing a historic feat for Italy. L’Azzurra won with a time of 6’46″17, finishing ahead of the Dutch Merel Conijn and Norway’s Ragne Wiklund.

Francesca enters the history of this discipline: only a handful of athletes have managed in the past to achieve the 3000-5000 meter double in a single edition of the Olympics. It’s also the sixth Olympic gold for Italy, which is confirmed in second place with 15 medals (6 golds, 2 silvers and 7 bronzes): a sensational edition so far for the Italian team.

Luca FranzosiFederica Brignone, the party is here! The photos of the champion with the’gold around her neck

Federica Brignone wins her first Olympic gold medal with an extraordinary performance.
"It's something incredible, I never thought I would win" declares the champion excited.

The skier called herself an'outsider but tried to make the fastest lines possible.
"I feel the'adrenaline running through my veins and it is a very strong emotion" tells Brignone.
A record recovery after the terrible injury on April 3 at the Italian championships.

Multifragmentary compound fracture of the tibial plateau and the head of the fibula of the left leg.
The'injury had also involved the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
La Tigre di La Salle completes an'extraordinary feat by returning to the world summit.
Brignone is a member of the Carabinieri Sports Center.
This is the fourth Olympic medal of the career for the champion from Valle d’Aosta.
In 2018 she had won the Olympic bronze medal in her first experience at five circles.
In 2022 she had achieved Olympic silver in giant and silver in combined.
Now she can finally boast the title of Olympic champion with this historic gold. And Mattarella also rejoices with her.

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Francesca Lollobrigida becomes the’most medaled Italian athlete in the history of speed skating. She also enters the special ranking of Italian athletes able to win two gold medals in the same edition of the Winter Games. She&#8217s in good company: Alberto Tomba, Manuela Di Centa, Giorgio Di Centa and Enrico Fabris.

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