FREESTYLE Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 15:00  18:00 Deborah Scanzio W Moguls Qualification Rosa Khutor Extreme 13ª FIGURE SKATING Start Athletes M/W Event Venue Results 16:30  19:30 Paul Parkinson M Short Program team Iceberg 10° 18:10  21:10 Berton-Hotarek PAIRS Short...

Comments from figure skater Stefania Berton, following her performance with Ondrej Hotarek in the pairs team event short programme at the Iceberg Skating Palace on Thursday.On competing at the Olympics: "It felt amazing to be out there. There wasn't as much pressure because we were part of a whole team. It really prepared us for the individual events. This was more fun. We wanted...

Italy is ready. One hundred and thirteen athletes to chase the Olympic dream, with a manifesto of purpose marked by a healthy realism, justifiable hopes and an ambitious program, which looks to the future. The Italian Azzurri mission for the XXII Olympic Winter Games was presented by the President of the CONI, Giovanni Malagò, the Secretary General, Roberto Fabbricini and by the Deputy...

Ferrari has proven itself as the preferred choice of Italians when it comes to celebrating great cultural and entertainment events and with the winning streaks of Casa Italia. With over a century of history and a series of unrivaled awards and recognitions, Ferrari is the Italian choice for toasting par excellence. So, it stands to reason that during the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Casa Italia...

The sound of the Italian national anthem is accompanied by spontaneous applause. With the Italian flag waving in the Adler Coastal Village, the Italian Olympic mission has begun. A quick, affectionate exchange of gifts between the President of the CONI, Giovanni Malagò, and the mayor of the Village, Elena Isynbaeva which, shortly before, sealed the welcome for Italy at the headquarters of the...

The curtain rises on the XXII edition of the Olympic Winter Games. With one day to go before the opening ceremony, the Freestyle will be opening the event, with  the Italian Azzurri Deborah Scanzio  involved in the first qualifying event of the Moguls. Subsequently, the program includes the début of the new speciality of Figure Skating, with the team competition, one of the...

The President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, the Secretary General, Roberto Fabbricini and the Deputy Secretary General and head of the mission to Sochi, Carlo Mornati, will hold a press conference tomorrow at 11:30 in order to present the Italia team involved in the XXII Olympic Winter Games. The event for representatives of the italian media will also be an opportunity to preview the opening...

In Turin 2006 she flew the Italian flag proudly. Kostner was a young, emerging talent of Figure Skating and former flagbearer for the Olympic Italian Azzurri team that played at home hosting the world. Today, there is another Carolina, mature and aware, after the World Champion 2012 where she won the gold in Nice. She has been able to erase the disappointment of the Games in Vancouver and...

The Welcome Ceremony for the Italian Azzurri Olympic team will take place tomorrow, 5 February  at 4pm, in the Adler Coastal Village. The traditional ceremony - which will take place in the International Zone and will be open to representatives of the media - is the official entry of the delegation into the Games and provides for the deployment of the Azzurri Mission’s delegation of...

The first "Olympic" Mass for the Italian Azzurri mission at the Coastal Village in Sochi. Don Mario Lusek, the team chaplain, officiated at the function emphasising the sacrifices made by athletes in order to qualify for the Olympic Winter Games, "because thanks to the work put in with dedication and passion you always see the light of success." Don Lusek then recalled that "no goal is...