Olympics

Brignone gold in the giant slalom, Vittozzi gold in the biathlon. For Italia also snow silver and bronze in cross-country skiing

A very busy Sunday for the Azzurri, with races spread across Cortina, Anterselva, Livigno, Tesero, Predazzo and Milan

Slalom gigante femminile, prima manche - Centro sciistico Tofane, Belluno, Italia - 15 febbraio 2026. Federica Brignone (Italia) in azione durante la prima manche dello slalom gigante femminile. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

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Gold encore for Federica Brignone who, after her masterpiece in the Super-G, also took the gold medal in the Giant Slal at the Games in Milan Cortina. The woman from Valle d'Aosta, reigning world champion in this speciality, thus conquers her fifth career Olympic medal and remains on the Olympic podium between the wide gates after the bronze in PyeongChang 2018 and the silver in Beijing 2022.

Immediately after crossing the finish line in the race that gave her her second gold medal at the 2026 Games, Brignone cheered for her victory and her rivals - Sweden's Hector, second, and Norway's Stjernesund, third - rushed up to her in the centre of the parterre of Cortina's Olimpia delle Tofane and knelt down in admiration: then, the gesture of lowering her arms to the ground, as if to 'venerate' the strongest.

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Only an eighth place in the women's giant slalom for Sofia Goggia. Third at the end of the first run, the Italian started well, but lost a lot in the second part of the race, thus finishing far from the podium. Unlucky Lara Della Mea: for a long time in the lead thanks to an excellent second run, the alpine skier from Tarvisio slipped to fourth place by only 5 hundredths.

Biathlon, Vittozzi's comeback: gold in the pursuit

Another gold medal comes from the biathlon, in this Sunday to be framed for the Italian colours. The credit goes to Lisa Vittozzi who won gold in the biathlon pursuit race in Antholz. Silver went to Finland's Suvi Minkkinen and Norway's Marem Kirkeeide, bronze. The Italian remained error-free in the polygon, thus recovering four positions compared to yesterday's individual race.

Milano Cortina, le medaglie italiane

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Snowboard cross: Moioli and Sommariva silver in the mixed pairs race

Michela Moioli and Lorenzo Sommariva dream in the snowboard cross final in the mixed pairs event. The Azzurri grab an extraordinary silver medal at the Olympics in Livigno, with a phenomenal comeback by Moioli (already bronze in the singles), who finished behind Great Britain but ahead of France. Gold went to the Nightingale-Bankes pair, bronze to France with Bozzolo-Casta. It is the twenty-first Italian medal at Milan Cortina 2026: it is history, surpassing the previous record of 20 medals of Lillehammer 1994. Earlier, in the quarters, Italia had eliminated the Czech Republic and the United States, at the end of a sensational comeback by Moioli after Sommariva's third place. In the semifinals, Germany 1 and France 1 were eliminated after another incredible comeback by the Italian board champion.

Bronze in the men's cross-country relay

In the morning, the Italian cross-country skiers also won the bronze medal in the men's relay at the Milan Cortina Games. Thanks to Federico Pellegrino's last split, Italia climbed onto the podium behind Norway with Klaebo and France.

- The updated medal table

The Italians in the other races on Sunday 15 February

From 2.05 p.m. new commitment for curling, this time with the women's team opposing Denmark: Stefania Constantini, Marta Lo Deserto, Rebecca Mariani, Elena Antonia Mathis and Giulia Zardini Lacedelli will be on the field. Also in Livigno, women's slopestyle qualifiers with Marilù Poluzzi.

In the advanced afternoon, all eyes will be on the women's biathlon pursuit in Antholz with Hannah Auchentaller, Michela Carrara, Lisa Vittozzi and Dorothea Wierer, while in Milan, speed skating will feature the men's team pursuit with Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini and Michele Malfatti and the women's 500 metres with Serena Pergher.

The evening opens with the mixed team skeleton at the Cortina Sliding Centre (Amedeo Bagnis, Alessandra Fumagalli, Mattia Gaspari, Valentina Margaglio) and with the women's long ski jump in Predazzo, where Jessica Malsiner, Annika Sieff and Martina Zanitser will be competing. At the same time, the men's curling against the Czech Republic and, in Livigno, Miro Tabanelli in the Big Air freestyle qualifiers will also be back on ice.

Closing at night in Milan with the short programme of figure skating pairs, which will feature Filippo Ambrosini and Sara Conti together with Rebecca Ghilardi and Niccolò Macii.

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