At 12.10 the plane with the Italian athletes and the delegation of the 2026 Games landed at Malpensa
The flight that brings the Olympic flag to Italy landed around 12.10 at Malpensa (Va), with the delegation of Milan Cortina 2026. In addition to the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala and the mayor of Cortina, Gianpietro Ghedina, the Olympic delegation represented was present by the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, by the CEO of Milan-Cortina 2026, Vincenzo Novari, and by the medalists Arianna Fontana, Federica Brignone, Francesca Lollobrigida and Amos Mosaner. The arrival of the banner, passed by the mayor of Beijing Chen Jining to the mayors of Milan and Cortina, is the first step that will lead to the Winter Games which will start in 4 years.
Between present and future
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Spotlights, obviously, on athletes capable of winning a total of 8 medals. First of all, Arianna Fontana: “An honor for me to be the most medal winner. I have overtaken athletes who have made history. Will I be in Milan-Cortina? It’s a dream, a great dream, my first Olympics was Turin, concluding in Milan would be incredible. Never say never, dreaming costs nothing, let’s dream together and we’ll see if I’ll be there “. “It was an Olympics that I will never be able to forget – echoes Francesca Lollobrigida -. I won historical medals, I won them for myself but there is a teamwork of my teammates and the Federation. I started skating later on. the Turin Olympics, being able to participate in Milan Cortina is the crowning of a dream. It means working hard, but being able to make this dream come true is fantastic “.
Lastly, Federica Brignone, silver and bronze in giant and combined at the Games: “For me it would be a dream to arrive in Milan Cortina – clarifies Brignone – but I have not yet decided I will not decide today, nor tomorrow but year by year. If I will be competitive there. I’ll be. It would be a nice dream having skipped Turin “.
February 21, 2022 (change February 21, 2022 | 17:16)
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