The medal fades for Fontana in the 1000m short track, "hit at the door, I’m angry"

Arianna Fontana she remained without a medal in the 1000 meters of theshort track dei Milan Cortina Olympic Games. The blue concluded thefinal A al fourth place. Dutch goldXandra Velzeboer(1’28”43), silver in the CanadianCourtney Sarault(1’28”53), bronze for the South KoreanGilly Kim (1’28”63).

The haunted 1000 metres

I 1000 meters dei Olympic Games per Arianna Fontanathey remain ‘bewitched’ once again. The blue champion ofshort track anche a Milan Cortina 2026 resta without medalover the distance which at Olympic level gave her very little satisfaction.

The blue skater only in fourth place

In fact, in six Olympic appearances out of 1000, the ‘Blonde arrow‘ of Berbenno, strong of13 Olympic medals(the same as Edoardo Mangiarotti), has conquered onebronze medala PyeongChang 2018. In Turin 2006 she finished sixth, in Vancouver 2010 she was eliminated in the quarter-finals, in Sochi 2014 she was disqualified, and in Beijing 2022 she was disqualified once again. Therefinal Bof the 1000 in Milan Cortina was won byElisa Confortola.

Fontana, “I’m very angry”

“I smile so as not to cry, I’m so angry. When I made contact I was sure I could push forward, into the lead. My goal was to hit thefinalat all distances. Now I have to pass this oneangerand think aboutnext races“.

AsArianna Fontanato the microphones of Sky, after thedisappointment del fourth place nei 1000 metersfollowing adoubtful contactwith another athlete.

“He gave me a flip”

“Fa angerfinish like this onefinaleI didn’t have the chance to play thepodium per quel contact with the Chinese. Just when I was about to attack the first position, with a very good speed, she pushed me and I had to start the race again from scratch.”

“He gave me onedoorI couldn’t play themmedalsand I’m very sorry about this. I tried to close the gap, it’s really annoying because I felt great and had a great leg. I feel better from race to race, I’m not tired. Now head onrelay: we return to the Village with a bit of a bitter taste in our mouths, this will give us further fuel ahead of Wednesday’s match. We are all skating well, I have confidence”, adds the Italian skater interviewed in the mixed zone after thefourth place nei 1,000 meters dello short track.