Francesca Lollobrigida brought Italy’s first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, winning the 3000 meter speed skating event on Saturday February 7 in Milan, on her 35th birthday. Francesca Lollobrigida beat the Norwegian Ragne Wiklund and the Canadian Valérie Maltais, establishing a new Olympic record in the process in 3 min 54 sec 28. Already a double Olympic medalist in Beijing in 2022 (silver over 3000 m, bronze over the mass start), and crowned at the World Championships in Hamar (Norway) over 5000 m in 2025, the great-grandniece of the actress Gina Lollobrigida rushed into the depths of the Milan ice rink to celebrate her success with her son Tommaso. The Italian then posed for the photographers with her little boy and her gold medal.
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