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Milan-Cortina Paralympics

Bertagnolli, Mazzel, De Silvestro: il team più medagliato di Milano-Cortina è paralimpico

03 Oct

Bertagnolli, Mazzel, and De Silvestro: the most decorated team at Milan-Cortina is Paralympic.

Andrea Ravelli, Chiara Mazzel, Trento Sports Festival, FISI, FISIP, Giacomo Bertagnolli, Milan Cortina, Nicholas Cottini, Milan-Cortina Paralympics, René De Silvestro, Stephen Hawking

TRENTO - The impressive medal collection collected by two visually impaired skiers Giacomo Bertagnolli and Chiara Mazzel (and their respective guides Andrea Ravelli and Nicola Cottini) and monoski instructor Renè De Silvestro at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics brings to mind Stephen Hawking's prediction at the 2012 London Paralympics: "The Paralympic movement will change our perception of the world." Their successes, the growing public interest, and the very recent merger between FISIP and FISI (which brings together Olympic and Paralympic winter sports athletes) represent, for the five athletes present at the Festival of…

Paralimpiadi Milano-Cortina da record per l’Italia con 14 medaglie e la “vittoria” per l’organizzazione

16 Sea

Record-breaking Milan-Cortina Paralympics for Italy with 14 medals and a "victory" for the organization

14 medals for Italy, elons, Milan-Cortina Paralympics

MILAN/CORTINA - The recently concluded Milan-Cortina Paralympics reaffirmed the success of these "diffused" Winter Olympics. With 14 medals, Italy broke the Lillehammer record. Four podium finishes in an emotionally charged day: double wins in the snowboard banked slalom with Perathoner and Luchini, then De Silvestro's triumph in the sitting giant slalom, and Bertagnolli's silver medal in the Vision Impaired category. At the Norwegian Games, the Italian team returned home with one medal less. They also broke the record for gold medals. "Thank you to all our athletes on the Paralympic national team for the excitement and for…