Italy pulls off a stunner in Olympic men’s speedskating team pursuit, earns first gold since 2006
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (ITALY): (Feb 17) The Italian men’s speedskating team is back on top in team’s pursuit.
Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini and Michele Malfatti beat U.S. world record-holders Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran by 4 1/2 seconds to win the men’s team pursuit gold medal in speedskating on Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Buoyed by raucous cheering from the home crowd at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium, the Italian men finished in 3 minutes, 39.20 seconds to give their country its first Olympic title in this event since the 2006 Turin Games.
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