Medal dreams for the Azzurri
From alpine skiing to biathlon, through snowboarding, speed skating and figure skating: the second day of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics offers Italy a very rich range of podium opportunities. The program opens at 11.30 with the women’s downhill on the legendary Olympia delle Tofane, in Cortina. All eyes are on Sofia Goggia and Federica Brignone, but also pay attention to Laura Pirovano, ready to take her surprise chances.
From Cortina we then move to Livigno for the parallel giant snowboard event, a discipline in which Italy is highly competitive: in the men’s competition the Azzurri dominated the World Cup season with five successes out of seven competitions, while the women’s sector also promises important results. At the same time, the biathlon starts in Anterselva, with the mixed relay featuring Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Lisa Vittozzi and Dorothea Wierer, immediately in the hunt for a medal.
In the afternoon, the spotlight will be on Davide Ghiotto, competing in the 5,000 meters of speed skating, while the evening will be dedicated to the closing of the figure skating team event.
The matches of the mixed doubles curling round complete the day’s picture: a double date is scheduled for Constantini and Mosaner, first against the Czech Republic and then against Great Britain.
date:2026-02-08 11:07:00
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