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The gender gap is almost solved: this time there are 194 women versus 209 men. Total: 403 athletes. It's the largest Olympic expedition ever for Italy: here's how the various regions contributed. More athletes from the North, the South is more successful. 36 blue jerseys in Paris were born abroad, not new; in Tokyo 2020 there were even more, 46. Of...

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Full box for Italy. Two years after the next Winter Games, in Milan and Cortina in 2026, it will be able to hang the Olympic rings for a second time. In winter, too. For a smaller event. Meeting on Saturday July 20 in Paris, six days before the opening of the Summer Games, the IOC Executive Board finally decided the question of the next edition of...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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The Modena Apennines in Emilia Romagna will be represented, albeit indirectly, at the now upcoming Paris Olympics. Indeed, on the U.S. Decathlon team will be a descendant on his mother's side of the Pasquesi lineage from Pievepelago. He is 31-year-old Zachery 'Zach' Ziemek, born in Itasca (Illinois), son of Victoria Pasquesi and grandson of Anthony...

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Caitlin Clark was snubbed by the 2024 United States women's basketball team roster for the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. But what if Clark chose to play for a different country instead? While that's not going to happen, it's actually a possibility. Clark's mom is Italian.  "I think we can all agree that it would be at least a little funny if Ca...

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A fencing mother of twins and a high-jumping symbol of Italy’s success at the Tokyo Olympics will be the country’s flagbearers at the Paris Games opening ceremony. Arianna Errigo and Gianmarco Tamberi were selected on Monday by the Italian Olympic Committee for the honor at the July 26 ceremony. Errigo, who will be competing in her fourth Olympics,...

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Beloved by Italians for its atmospheric natural hot springs, Bormio is the best Alpine getaway you’ve never heard of.   The town hosts the Alpine Ski World Cup every year, and much of the skiing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will take place here too. Yet in a recent press group of very well-seasoned travellers, we were all shocked to re...

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The mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 were revealed to the world on Wednesday (7 February) at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy. Tina and Milo - two stoat siblings distinguished by their different coloured coats - will represent the Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Winter Games 2026 respectively. Their...

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The curtain falls on Gangwon 2024 and Italy Team greets South Korea as a star performer. In fact, for the first time in a five-ring event, junior and senior, the Italian team closes at the top of the medals table (won one day early), with an absolute record of golds (11): a feat never before achieved by any other country in the history of the Winte...

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The year 2024 will be an extraordinary year for Italian sports with many great events where the Italian athletes will be able to give many satisfactions to the fans. The most eagerly awaited event, of course, is the Paris Olympic Games and the following Paralympic Games, which will offer the greatest sporting spectacle in the world in the summer. A...

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