The heads of CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) arrive in Sochi. The President, Giovanni Malagò, and the Secretary General, Roberto Fabbricini are expected tomorrow afternoon at the headquarters of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Arriving along with them in Russia will be another 29 Italian Azzurri led by a large delegation of the alpine ski team, consisting of Peter Fill, Federica...

The arrival of the Italian team is expected for the opening of the games. Tomorrow eleven athletes will compete in ice and winter sports. Actually, Christof Innerhoer (alpine skiing) and the three Figure Skating couples, Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, as well as Paul Bonifacio Parkinson and Valentina Marchei are expected. Also arriving in Russia will be,...

The mission of alpine skiing in Sochi 2014 begins tomorrow.In Russia are expected  the first athletes of the team led by Claudio Ravetto: Werner Heel and Dominik Paris will launch the Olympic challenge awaiting for the arrival of other athletes, timetabled according to the race program. In the headquarters of the XXII edition of the Olympic Winter Games (photo of official site of Sochi...

The Olympic adventure begins for Armin Zoeggeler. The Italian flag bearer in Sochi, with five medals in as many Games, will arrive tomorrow in Russia along with team mates Dominik Fischnaller, Emanuel Rieder, Sandra Robatscher, Sandra Gasparini  and Andrea Voetter. The double combination of Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber and Patrick Rastner-Ludwig Rieder will reach the team on 6...

The countdown ahead of Sochi 2014 sees the first arrivals of the Italian azzurri in Russia. The short track speed skating team, led by Arianna Fontana, bronze in the 500 metres in Vancouver, will arrive at the headquarters of the XXII Olympic Games on 31 January, a week before the opening ceremony. Along with Fontana, also arriving at the Coastal Village are Martina Valcepina, Elena Viviani,...

There will be 113 Azzurri at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Four more than in Vancouver 2010, although the fields have increased by twelve units and the qualification criteria has been greatly modified by the International Federations. It has not been since Nagano 1998 (114, but there was a hockey team) that Italy has registered so many athletes in an Olympic games abroad (Torino 2006 can...

The Winter Sport Federation has officially announced, in agreement with the CONI, the composition of the team that will participate in the XXII edition of the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi from 7 to 23 February. There will be 86 "azzurri" (55 men and 31 women). The Italian’s Team in Russia will be then composed by 113 athletes (69 men and 44 women, including 27 of Ice Sport...

The Italian Ice Sports Federation has officially announced, in agreement with the CONI, the composition of the team that will participate in the XXII edition of the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi from 7 to 23 February. There will be 27 "azzurri" (14 men and 13 women), divided between Speed ​​Skating, Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating. This is the complete list: Speed...

CONI announces that it has received an email this morning containing terrorist threats ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. CONI has also learnt that a similar email was sent to the IOC and to other Olympic Committees.CONI has forwarded the contents of the email to the authorities in charge of international security for the appropriate follow-up.At the same time the Italian National...

The website http://www.sochi2014.coni.it is online from today and devoted entirely to the Italian Mission leaving for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014. The CONI initiative will accompany the athletes and the Italian team throughout the Olympics which starts on 7 February and will be updated in real time with all the Italians' competitions. It is a useful tool for easy consultation by...