After three silvers and a bronze, the first gold medal of the Italian Olympic expedition to Beijing also arrives.
A splendid Arianna Fontana wins it in the 500 meters of the short track.
Record-breaking medal for the Valtellina athlete, who has already contributed to silver in the short track relay here in Beijing.
With this gold Fontana reaches 10 Olympic medals in his career, thus equaling the record of the cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo.
The 31-year-old precedes the Dutch Suzanne Schulting and the Canadian Kim Boutin and confirms the Olympic title won four years ago in Korea, updating her extraordinary palmares at the Games: the first joy came in Turin 2006.
"Arianna you are in history! You moved me. What suffering! You deserve 10 and praise", comments the president of Coni Giovanni Malagò. "I lived this final totally in apnea, in my room, not yet able to be there, by your side, to beat and rejoice with you. With this tenth medal you have reached Stefania Belmondo at the top of the most medalized blue athletes in the history of Italian sport. . And you know it's not over yet. "
And another sure medal comes from curling: tomorrow in the final the color will be decided, gold or silver. Stefania Costantini and Amos Mosaner overwhelmed Sweden 8-1 in the semifinals. Ten out of ten wins for the mixed blue couple who are giving lessons to the whole world and went on to win a historic medal, never obtained in curling by our colors. In the final they will face Norway, who defeated Great Britain 6-5.
(Unioneonline / L)
