by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Italy dominated the United States to win the Olympic women’s volleyball final on Sunday, crushing the defending champions in straight sets to claim their first gold medal on the final day of the Games. Italy came into the Olympics as the Volleyball Nations...
by admin | Feb 20, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Italian skier Marta Bassino used all her technical skills to dominate a women’s World Cup downhill Saturday and claim her first win in the sport’s fastest discipline. Bassino, who is a giant slalom specialist and won the super-G world title last year, gained time on...
by admin | Feb 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Sofia Goggia has become the latest skier to suffer a serious injury this season, after the Italian star broke her leg during a training crash on Monday. The 31-year-old, who won downhill gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, collided with a gate during a...
by admin | Mar 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Italian Vanessa Ferrari, who in Tokyo became the second woman in her 30s to win an Olympic artistic gymnastics medal in the last 50 years, recently returned to training and wants to reach a fifth Olympics in 2024. Ferrari, 32, at first returned to the gym in September...
by admin | Feb 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Elena Fanchini, an Italian Alpine skier whose career was cut short by a tumor, has died. She was 37. Fanchini, the 2005 World downhill silver medalist at age 19, passed away Wednesday at her home in Solato, near Brescia, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced....
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Belgium knocked Italy out of the 2022 Women’s Euro and reached the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time thanks to a 1-0 win over the Azzurri on Monday. Tine De Caigny struck the decisive goal four minutes after half-time, collecting the ball...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will become the first woman to officiate in the Italian top flight after she was promoted to the Serie A refereeing pool from next season. The 31-year-old Ferrieri Caputi already became the first female to referee a match involving a Serie A...
by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Boxer Irma Testa, who took home a bronze medal for Italy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has come out as queer. Testa, 23, won a bronze medal in the women’s featherweight category at this year’s summer Olympics, after previously competing in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Read...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Tokyo Olympics continues to set and break its own records when it comes to LBGTQ+ representation. Italian archer Lucilla Boari is the latest competitor to medal and then come outin a press conference, and her story may be the most touching. Boari...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
American teenager Coco Gauff stormed to her second career singles title as she comfortably dispatched Wang Qiang 6-1, 6-3 at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Italy, in her first clay-court final on Saturday. The 17-year-old Gauff also won the doubles title with Caty...
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