Beijing 2022: Arianna Fontana, a legend in the short track, is still gold

Absolute legend of short track. After silver with the mixed relay who crowned her the most medalist ever in the history of this sport, Arianna Fontana confirms Olympic champion in 500 meters: a wonderful, record-breaking gold tenth Olympic medal of the Italian figure skater in five editions of the Games, the first triumph (and fifth podium) of the Italian expedition to Beijing 2022.

Arianna, arrived at the appointment among the favoriteshe had to suffer a lot to get on top step of the podium: crash at the first corner, the final was stopped for changing the blades. At the new start he had to deal with the aggressive Dutchman Schultingremained in command until penultimate lap: at the right moment the blue attacked and overtook the opponent, closing in 42 “488.

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It was February 22, 2006 when al PalaVela of Turin a very young fountain, which he had not yet completed 16 years, went up on a podium for the first time five circles: a bronze with the women’s relay on 3000 meters. The next edition, a Vancouverhere is another bronze, this time in the individual: the experts see in her a crystal clear talenta possible star of the future.

They weren’t wrong. TO Sochi 2014 the first shower of medals: silver in the 500 meters, bronze in the 1500s and in the relay. The triumph is in the air and comes in Koreafour years later, where Arianna is as well flag bearer Italian: gold in the 500 meters, bronze in the 1000 and silver in the relay. Now in China, almost 31 years old, the Valtellina figure skater is writing another chapter of his sensational career.

First the silver in the mixed relaythen a new gold in the 500 meters: a record successwith which Arianna becomes the Italian most medalist ever in the history of the Winter Games, like the cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo. Ahead of her, in Beijing, she still has some evidence to attempt the assault on absolute primacy of medals of a blue athlete at the Olympics: 13 o’clock Edoardo Mangiarotti.

An arduous undertaking, but when there is a champion like Arianna on the track, everything is possible.


Source: Vanity Fair

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