The sixth day of the competition is marked by misfortune, Italy only gets close to the podium. Alessandro Pittin, after his exploits at Vancouver 2010, failed to be rewarded with the excitement of another bronze in the Nordic Combined, despite an incredible comeback in the 10 km trail, which - after 25th place in the jump - allowed him to move up 21 places. Daniela Merighetti was also...

Comments from Alessandro PITTIN after finishing fourth in the Nordic combined NH/10km event at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Centre on Wednesday.On his performance after starting the cross country in 25th position: "I'm not happy with my jump. I had better feelings during training"."I could have started a few seconds less from the leader (if I had jumped better), but I did my best"."I had no great...

ALPINE SKIING Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 08:00  11:00 Elena Fanchini Nadia Fanchini Daniela Merighetti Verena Stuffer W Downhill Rosa Khutor Alpine 12. 22. 4. 14. NORDIC COMBINED Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 10:30  13:30 Armin Bauer Samuel Costa Alessandro Pittin Lukas...

Evelyn Insam just missed out on the medals in the ski-jump. It was the shock of the day for the Italian team. The 20 year-old was applauded in two events, scoring 242.2, just 3 points from a bronze in one of the new sports in the Sochi Olympic programme. Runggaldier on the other hand finished 29th.  In the biathlon, Karin Oberhofer came eighth in the 10K pursuit, after...

FREESTYLE Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 07:00  10:00 Silvia Bertagna W Slopestyle qualification 1 Rosa Khutor Extreme 9. FREESTYLE Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 07:45  10:45 Silvia Bertagna W Slopestyle qualification 2 Rosa Khutor Extreme 12....

She is strong and feared, she knows it and doesn't hide it. The world of the short track is her kingdom, where she has broken the dominance consolidated by others over the years. Arianna is no longer the shy talented girl who was capable of achieving the record in Turin 2006 by being the youngest medalist of the Winter Games at 15 years and 10 months, and by winning bronze in Vancouver 2010....

ALPINE SKIING Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 08:00  11:00 Federica Brignone Elena Fanchini Franscesca Marsaglia Daniela Merighetti W Downhill Super Combined Rosa Khutor Alpine 22. 14. 9. 15. SHORT TRACK Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 10:45  13:45 Yuri Confortola...

The Samsung Galaxy Team’s adventure at the Winter Olympics started in the best possible way. The team is already part of history and announces more emotions in both weeks to the end of the event.On the wake of the experience at the London 2012 Olympics, last fall Samsung had set up the Samsung GALAXY Team, a team of 5 Italian athletes, in order to arouse the interest of people in winter Olympic...

Alessandro Pittin comments On his training: "It was so-so, it was a bit hard to find my rhythm on the in-run, and the hill is different from the ones I have recently jumped. In yesterday's training my third jump was already better than the first two, but this morning I struggled again."On adjustments needed: "I lost some metres in the fly today, and there are a few other little things that I...

Armin goes into the records for the 6th time! Zöggeler wins the bronze medal in the luge and goes straight into the sporting world records! In fact the Italian luger stepped up today for the sixth consecutive time on the Olympic podium in the individual events of the same discipline in the 6 editions of the Winter Games. No other athlete in any other sport either in the Summer Games or in the...