Milan Cortina, historic gold for Brazilian Braathen in the giant slalom. Italians in the race

American Jordan Stolz won the gold medal in the 500-metre speed skating event. In second place, with a silver medal, was Jenning de Boo. Bronze went to Canadian Laurent Dubreuil. Only 17th was Italy's Jeffrey Rosanelli.

The first Italian who will be competing in tomorrow's giant slalom actually races for Albania: she is Lara Colturi, 19, daughter of the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli, who will compete with bib number 10. The Italian women start with Lara Della Mea, bib number 12, then Federica Brignone with bib number 14, Sofia Goggia with bib number 17 and Asja Zenere with bib number 25. Among the top athletes, bib number 1 goes to Norwegian Thea Louise Stjernesund.

At 16 years old, she is one of the youngest athletes in Milan Cortina and the youngest ever in the Italian team, but her Olympic dream ends here for now. Giada D'Antonio, a skier from Naples at her first Games, fell during training in Toblach where she was testing turns for the races still to come on the Tofane slope in Cortina. A few hours after the injury, the response of the MRI arrived: sprain to the right knee, with suspected rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament. There will be further medical examinations for the athlete, but the injury will prevent her from competing again and will also end her season.

Institutional visit by Economy and Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti to the Alpine School of the Guardia di Finanza in Predazzo, site of the Olympic Village that is currently hosting athletes and delegations involved in the Milan Cortina 2026 Games. Accompanying the minister on his visit to the facility," reads a note from the Ministry of Finance, "were the president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti, and the commander of the Alpine School of the Guardia di Finanza, General Sergio Giovanni Lancerin. The Olympic Village is welcoming 430 athletes from 65 nations during the Olympics and 180 athletes from 23 nations during the Paralympics, confirming itself as one of the beating hearts of the event.

A heavy defeat for Italia men's ice hockey, defeated 11-0 by a superlative Finland in the third and final game of Group B of the Olympic tournament. The Azzurri succumbed decisively against one of the most accredited teams, paying dearly for every mistake during the sixty minutes.

Italian cross-country skier Martina Di Centa has announced her retirement from competitive skiing in Tesero. The athlete from Tolmezzo, who turns 26 on 6 March, will nevertheless complete the World Cup season, before saying goodbye to narrow skis, as she confirmed to Ansa. "I will explain my choice calmly in the coming days," she added. In the relay, Di Centa, daughter of champion Giorgio, performed well today, keeping the Italian women's team within reach of the podium with her split.

Janine Flock won the gold medal in the women's skeleton at the Games in Milan Cortina. The Austrian preceded the two Germans, Susanne Kreher, at 30 hundredths, and Jacqueline Pfeifer, at 44 hundredths. Elisa Fumagalli was fourteenth and Valentina Margaglio sixteenth.

The 'flying' Slovenian Domen Prevc is gold medallist in the ski jump from the long springboard at the Dal Ben stadium in Predazzo. Starting as favourite, Prevc, World Cup dominator and World Championship gold medallist, chased the first step of the podium by engaging in a battle of metres and style with Japan's Ren Nikaido, in the lead at the end of the first series with seven points that he was unable to administer with a last jump that did not live up to expectations. Bronze went to Poland's Kacper Tomasiak at 10.6 points from Prevc. Giovanni Bresadola, the only Italian qualified for the final series, closed with a jump of 123.5 metres, finishing in 29th position.

The evening turns on with the short track, where Italia relies on its most titled champion, Arianna Fontana, and the team's male benchmark, Pietro Sighel.