Arianna Fontana will be the flag bearer for the Italian team at the closing ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for Sunday at Fisht Olympic Stadium, with an expected start time of 20.00 hours. The multi Olympic medalist of the short track, who has been on the podium in the last three editions of the Games, will carry the flag that the President of the Republic Giorgio...
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NORDIC COMBINED
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09:00
12:00
Armin Bauer
Samuel Costa
Alessandro Pittin
Lukas Runggaldier
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LH Jumping Team
RusSky Gorki
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NORDIC COMBINED
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12:00
15:00
Armin Bauer
Samuel Costa
Alessandro...
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The biathlon mixed relay brings us an emotional bronze in one of the new disciplines in the Winter Olympics programme. The team made up of Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windish and Lukas Hofer (average age of 24.75, the lowest amongst all the teams in the race) took the podium at the end of an intense race, in which the Italians were always right up there, just behind Norway...
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Ladies Figure Skating: comments from Carolina Kostner after short program of this evening.On competing here after her difficult skate at Vancouver 2010: "After Vancouver, I thought it was over. I thought I would stop skating and it was the end. I decided to continue because I love skating. It's the hard times that make you understand what you really want. I'm honoured that I have experienced...
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SNOWBOARD
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06:15
09:15
Corinna Boccacini
Nadia Ochner
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PGS qualification
Rosa Khutor Extreme
16. (Q)
26.
SNOWBOARD
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06:42
09:42
Meinhard Erlacher
Roland Fischnaller
Aaron March
Christoph Mick
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PGS qualification
Rosa...
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A relay bronze, as the short track provides Italy with another medal. The Italian team made up of Arianna Fontana, Lucia Peretti, Martina Valcepina and Elena Viviani conquered the podium in the final of the 3000 metres, behind South Korea and Canada and after the disqualification of China. This is the sixth medal for Italy in Sochi 2014, and with it the tally has exceeded that of Vancouver 2010...
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ALPINE SKIING
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08:00
11:00
Federica Brignone
Nadia Fanchini
Denise Karbon
Francesca Marsaglia
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Slalom Gigante 1^ manche
Rosa Khutor Alpine
DNF
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26.
SNOWBOARD
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07:30
10:30
Tommaso Leoni
Luca...
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BOBSLEIGH
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15:30
18:30
Simone Bertazzo
Simone Fontana
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3^ run two-man
Sanki
14.
BIATHLON
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16:00
19:00
Karin Oberhofer
Dorothea Wierer
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12.5 Km. mass start
Laura
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The men's snowboard cross competition has been postponed at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park and will take place tomorrow (10.30) due to poor visibility caused by thick fog. The seeding runs were cancelled following a meeting of the International Ski Federation jury and will start the 1/8 finals.Weather conditions have been fraying nerves at the Laura biathlon course after the men's...
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She had almost made it and had entertained the dream of getting to the podium in her first participation to the Olympics. Michela Moioli surrendered in the last trait of snowboard cross final (finishing in 6th place), after hurting badly her left knee.Examinations she has been subject to at a specialised clinical site situated inside the Olympic Village have highlighted the cruciate ligament...
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