ITALY: Figure skating: Italy secures third place after three segments of the team event

After a debut in the name of history, in which the first ever victory at the Winter Games of the women's national ice hockey team and the qualification of Ian Matteoli for the men's snowboard big air final stood out, the Italia Team continued its journey at Milano Cortina 2026 , while waiting for the competitions that will decree the first medal winners. Here are the results of the Azzurri competing on Friday 6 February.

FIGURE SKATING - Italy occupies the provisional third place after the first three race

segments of the team event. The Azzurri (photo Claudio Scaccini/CONI), on the stage of the Milan Ice Skating Arena, managed to accumulate a haul of 22 points, momentarily placing themselves behind only the United States (25) and Japan (23). Six points were obtained by the ice dance duo formed by Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri (83.54), fifth in the rhythm dance, while eight were secured by Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii (76.65), third in the short program of the artistic pairs. To keep the Italian team virtually on the podium, thanks to another eight points, Lara Naki Gutmann (71.62), also third after the short program of the women's single. At the end of the men's single short program, scheduled for Saturday 7 February from 7.45 pm, the best five national teams will gain access to the second and decisive phase.

CURLING - Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner have risen to three wins and one defeat in the mixed doubles tournament, underway on the ice of the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. The reigning Olympic and world champions ended the third day of the match with two successes, first beating Briar Schwaller-Huerlimannn's Switzerland and Yannick Schwaller with a clear score of 12-4 and then Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill's Estonia 7-4, in a match that ended in favor of the Azzurri only at the end of the eighth and final end. (AGC)