Overview
- Mikaela Shiffrin won the women’s slalom in Cortina with a total time of 1:39.10, finishing 1.50 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Camille Rast and 1.71 ahead of Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson.
- The victory is Shiffrin’s first Olympic slalom gold since 2014 and her first Olympic gold since 2018 after leaving Beijing 2022 without a medal.
- Italy took silver in the women’s 3000m short‑track relay behind South Korea, with Canada third, as Arianna Fontana earned her 14th Olympic medal to become Italy’s most‑decorated Olympian.
- ANSA reports the relay silver marked Italy’s 26th medal of the Games, following a bronze in the men’s cross‑country team sprint by Elia Barp and Federico Pellegrino.
- Il Fatto Quotidiano reports CONI had budgeted roughly €4 million for medal bonuses but is nearing €5 million and could exceed plans by €1–2 million, with potential need for extra state support.