Italy's Lollobrigida wins Olympic gold on 35th birthday, sets 3000m record
TL;DR
On her 35th birthday at Milan-Cortina 2026, Francesca Lollobrigida won Italy's first Olympic gold in women's speed skating, clocking 3:54.28 in the 3000m to set an Olympic record and overtake her rivals as the home crowd cheered and her son Tommaso watched from the sidelines.
- Italian speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida wins gold at home on 35th birthday NBC News
- Milan Cortina 2026: First gold medals and record-setting hometown hero cnn.com
- Speedskater Lollobrigida wins host Italy's 1st gold of Olympics ESPN
- Francesca Lollobrigida delivers Italy a Winter Olympic gold and day’s best moment The New York Times
- Winter Olympics 2026: speed skating gold for Italy, Cas upholds ban on GB skeleton helmets and more – as it happened The Guardian
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