Nine of Italy’s 17 medals came from women. Four years after the Milan-Cortina home games we return with only one individual gold, that of the Fontana
It is written blue and read pink. As it was easy to guess, this was the girls’ Olympics in Beijing. Of our girls, from Arianna Fontana to Francesca Lollobrigida, splendid third yesterday in the mass start of the ice, who won 9 of the 17 medals. The blues have collected 5 and the other 3 podiums came from mixed races. Women confirm the growth trend of the last Winter Olympics. This does not surprise us and in a country of advanced civilization it should be normal.