Beijing 2022: Federico Pellegrino wholeheartedly, again silver in cross-country skiing

Like four years ago. At the Beijing 2022 Games, Federico Pellegrino is confirmed Olympic silver in cross-country skiing, specialties sprint: the blue athlete, back from one complicated season, churns out a performance by applausesurrendering in the final only to the Norwegian champion Johannes Klaebo, already gold in Pyeongchang. For the Italian shipping in Korea it is the sixth medalthe first in the background.

Klaebo and Pellegrino, therefore, still them. The Scandinavian starts strong, putting the blue and the Russian behind him Alexander Terentev, then bronze: in the last meters it becomes one challenge to twowith Federico expanding and testing a desperate overtakingbut the opponent resists the attack and crosses the finish line first, with suns twenty six centsi on the cross-country skiers of Aosta who bursts into tears for the emotion.

And it’s good. He who as a boy was doing great too with the ball between the feeti, to whom, however, he decided to put on skis. Of bottoma sport that a Sochi 2014 had not brought not even a medal to Italy. He was in Russia at the time 24 years oldhad to make do with two eleventh places. With training and method, in the following years he has grown to the point of writing pages of history.

In fact, in 2016 it is the first not Scandinavian to win the Sprint World Cup. Twelve months later, a Lathialso wins world gold, first Italian to succeed in male. Then comes the Olympic silver, in fact, which consecrates him among the strongest ever. Because in addition to the undisputed talent, Chicco has proven in his career of know how to prepare for the most important appointments.

It does not betray. And Italy rejoices.