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2021 was the golden year of Italian sport. Never in history had Italian athletes conquered so many successes in international competitions in a single year, both in team and individual sports. In 2022 this record will be almost impossible to repeat, but in a few days in China the Italian winter sports athletes will be able to return to make the Ita...

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Italy, bathed almost everywhere by the sea, is also rich in mountains. Just think of the Alps, the Dolomites, the Apennines and the many other mountain ranges scattered throughout the peninsula. And Italians have always had a good relationship with the mountains. From the great mountaineers, such as the legendary Ardito Desio and Walter Bonatti, to...

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Coming into the final race of the season, Dorothea Weirer held the yellow jersey but Eckhoff would have felt confident that she had a chance to beat the Italian. However, those hopes were dashed as her shooting let her down, missing six of her first 10 shots to open the door for Wierer. The Italian missed five of her own but in general shot cleaner...

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Italy’s Dorothea Wierer went from 24th to 17th to 9th to IBU 15 km Individual World Champion in the span of just 43:07.7 this afternoon, taking her second Gold medal of these Championships. Wierer had two penalties in the first two stages on her way to becoming the first Italian woman to win his title. “You have to fight; you have to win.” Wierer,...

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Dorothea Wierer made history. Again. The two-time Olympic bronze medallist became her nation's first ever biathlon overall World Cupwinner. She was the first Italian woman to win a world title clinching gold in the mass start in Ostersund just seven days earlier. Wierer finished Sunday's mass start in Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway in twelfth position,...

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