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🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

Little Flora flies to the Games and lands on the podium in the style of Tomba

Flora Tabanelli, an 18-year-old freestyle skier from Italy, won a bronze medal at the Olympics, showcasing remarkable resilience and talent despite recovering from a serious injury.

Feb 17 • 04:00 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
Sports

The snow is Brazilian, Pinheiro giant gold. Tomba crowns him 'You are the best'

Lucas Braathen Pinheiro wins Brazil's first medal in Winter Olympic history, taking home a gold in Bormio.

Feb 15 • 08:44 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Sports

Tomba: "Thoeni should have been the last torchbearer, not Goggia. Vonn should have withdrawn from the Games"

Alberto Tomba criticized the decision to have Sofia Goggia as the last torchbearer instead of Gustav Thoeni, asserting that Lindsey Vonn should have stepped back from the Olympics.

Feb 9 • 15:28 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

Lindsey Vonn's choice before Winter Olympics horror crash criticised by skiing legend

Alberto Tomba criticizes Lindsey Vonn’s decision to compete just nine days after suffering a serious knee injury, leading to a dramatic crash during the Winter Olympics.

Feb 9 • 11:19 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, the Silent Return of an Italy that Knew How to Stop

Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, two iconic figures in Italian culture, have made a quiet return, symbolizing a nostalgic remembrance of a simpler time in Italy.

Feb 7 • 09:32 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Sports

First medals up for grabs at Winter Olympics

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics commenced with the men's downhill skiing event, marking the first distribution of medals shortly after the opening ceremony featuring the lighting of two Olympic cauldrons.

Feb 7 • 06:16 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
Sports

By the Games that the World Envy Us

The surprising finale features gold medalists Deborah Compagnoni and Alberto Tomba as the last torchbearers, along with various celebrated figures from Italian culture, creating a captivating narrative of beauty and pride in Italian sports.

Feb 7 • 04:49 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
Sports

Mariah Carey, dove of peace or two Olympic flames. The best photos from the opening of the Olympics

The Olympic opening ceremony took place in four locations for the first time, featuring notable athletes and performances including Mariah Carey and the lighting of Olympic flames.

Feb 7 • 00:11 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Sports

Two torches, three torchbearers, a lot of emotions: the flames of the Games are lit

The Olympic torch was lit in a ceremony featuring torchbearers Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni in Milan, while Sofia Goggia ignited the flame in Cortina, evoking deep emotions.

Feb 6 • 23:01 UTC
🇪🇪 ERR
Sports

VIDEO | The honor of lighting the Olympic flame was left to Italian skiing legends

Italian skiing legends Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni lit the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with Sofia Goggia lighting it in Cortina, accompanied by the arrival of the flame greeted by opera legend Andrea Bocelli at San Siro stadium.

Feb 6 • 22:57 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

Italy’s most famous Olympic playboy relishing return to limelight at Opening Ceremony

Alberto Tomba, the renowned Olympic athlete, prepares to take center stage as the final torchbearer at the San Siro during the opening ceremony, celebrating his 60th birthday and his storied past as an Olympic icon.

Feb 6 • 10:17 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Sports

Alberto Tomba: "Today athletes are smarter; they are capable of telling anyone to go to hell"

Italian skiing legend Alberto Tomba discusses the evolving mindset of athletes ahead of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Feb 5 • 04:12 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Sports

It has been revealed who will light the torch at the opening of the Winter Olympics, the honor goes to legends

Triple Olympic gold medalists Tomba and Compagnoni have been entrusted with lighting the Olympic flame at the upcoming Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Feb 4 • 11:56 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
Sports

He Has Arrived. The Olympic Flame Will Be Lit by a Renowned Italian Playboy

Italian ski legends Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni are expected to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, although the Italian Olympic Committee has not confirmed this information yet.

Feb 4 • 10:22 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Sports

Compagnoni: "Me, Tomba, and our unrepeatable years. What laughs with the torch"

Italian champion Compagnoni reflects on her memorable years with Tomba and expresses admiration for current athletes Brignone and Franzoni in an interview.

Feb 3 • 00:00 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Life & Tech

Crans-Montana, the magical mountain of stars and champions

The Swiss village has become a hub for artists and celebrities like Roger Moore and Gina Lollobrigida, thanks to the vision of two hunters in the late 1800s, and has significantly impacted the career of Alberto Tomba.

Jan 1 • 23:00 UTC

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