Italy's Pietro Sighel on Saturday won a gold and a silver at the world short track speed skating championships in Seoul, Italy's first male gold in the championships for 24 years.
The 23-year-old from Trento first won gold in the 500-metre
race, thanks to a stunning last lap that allowed him to move up
from third to first place.
Then, in the 1,500-metre race, he also put the silver medal
around his neck: on the finish line he was only preceded by the
Korean Park Ji-Won, the big favourite on the eve of the race,
and the Canadian Steven Dubois.
The latter, however, was then disqualified, leaving the Fiamme
Gialle athlete with second place.
Sighel is now the fourth Italian - after Orazio Fagone, Fabio
Carta and Arianna Fontana - to medal in all the individual
Olympic distances.
The last male gold was in 1999, with Fabio Carta in the 1,500
metres.
Sighel was jubilant after his exploits, saying "it's a dream
come true".
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