It will be Francesca lollobrigida the Olympic flag holder. The closing of the XXIV Olympic Games is scheduled for Sunday evening. It is a real prize for the athlete. The President of Coni, Malagò, also explained. These are the words of the President: "it is a fair recognition for what Francesca has done so far in Beijing and it is also a spur for what she will have to do in the coming days. "
Who is Francesca Lollobrigida
Who is Francesca Lollobrigida? She is a very experienced figure skater. She was born in 1991 and is from Rome. On 7 January 2018 she won the European title in the mass start of speed skating. But Lollobrigida also represented the Azzurri in Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014, a Pyeongchang in 2018 and this year Beijing.
In these Olympics he reached the silver medal in the women's 3000 meters. Only Dutch Irene Schouten managed to do better than her. Francesca Lollobrigida's medal was a historic feat. With her medal, the skater gave Italy the first medal to Italy at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games: it was the first Olympic medal obtained in long track skating.
Beijing 2022 Olympic Games
The medal table of the Olympic games, which are about to enter the final part, still sees Norway dominate. The Norwegians have managed to win as many as 28 medals so far, of which 13 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals. In second place is Germany with 20 total medals, of which 10 are gold. The United States of America closes the podium with 8 gold medals out of 19 total medals.
Italy is in eleventh place with 15 total medals and 2 gold medals. These gold medals were won by Arianna Fontana (in the short track race, 500 meters) and by Stefania Constantini, Amos Mosaner (in curling, mixed doubles).
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