Short track ace Arianna Fontana
will be the flag bearer for the Italian team at the PyeongChang
2018 Winter Olympics, ANSA learned from speed-skating sources
Friday. The decision will be announced by Italian Olympic
Committee (CONI) chief Giovanni Malagò on Tuesday they said.
Fontana, 27, won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter
Olympics in Turin.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze
medal in the 500 metre event.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was upgraded from a
bronze to a silver medal in the 500m event after colliding with
British skater Elise Christie.
She won a bronze medal in the 1500m event and in the
Team-event.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA