Arianna Fontana (photo Lapresse)
Arianna Fontana has conquered the gold medal in the 500 meters of the short track at Beijing Olympics. It is his 10th Olympic medal, equaled the record of Stefania Belmondo. For Italy it is the fifth podium in this edition (the first victory, with three seconds and a third place) and arrives on the day that saw the beautiful silver of Federica Brignone in giant slalom.
Beijing 2022: Fontana equals Belmondo, 10 medals at the Games
Arianna Fontanawonderful and historic gold in the 500 meters of the short track, equaled the Italian female record of the ten medals won at the Olympic Games which since 2002 belonged to the cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo. In third place with 9 five-hoop medals two fencing athletes, Valentina Vezzali And Giulio Gaudini. To be exact, Belmondo won a medal, the bronze in the 10 km classic technique in Salt Lake City 2002, 22 months after the race was held for doping reasons. The Russians Olga Danilova (she had won the silver) and Larissa Lazutina (she had conquered the bronze) were ousted from the ranking. The new ranking has always seen gold for the Norwegian Bente Skari, silver for the other Russian Chepalova and bronze for Belmondo who had finished the race in fifth place. The most medalized blue athlete at the Olympics remains the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti with 13 (6 golds, 5 silvers, 2 bronzes).
Beijing 2022, Arianna Fontana gold medal. Malagò, “thank you, today you deserve 10 and praise”
“I thank you for what you have done and for what you will do. Coni will always be by your side. Congratulations to Anthony (her husband, ed) and to the federation for what they have done in these four years of hard work. Arianna, you are the greatest of all time and we can say that today you deserve 10 and praise! “. She said it on president of the Coni, Giovanni Malagò moments after the recapture of Arianna Fontana of the Olympic gold medal in the 500 meters of short track.
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