President
Flavio Roda
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Cross-country skiing is the discipline in which Italy shares the highest number of Winter Olympic medals (36) alongside alpine skiing—comprising nine golds, 14 silvers, and 13 bronzes. At Milano Cortina 2026, the sport’s 12 events will take place at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium in Val di Fiemme.
The key innovation in 2026 will be the equalisation of distances across men’s and women’s events: skiathlon (10 km + 10 km), relays (4x7.5 km), interval start races (10 km), and mass start events (50 km).
A fixture of the Winter Games since Chamonix 1924, Italy’s breakthrough moment came with one of the sport’s pioneers, Franco Nones, who won a historic gold in the 30 km at Grenoble 1968.
On the women’s side, Italy’s two undisputed icons are Stefania Belmondo and Manuela Di Centa, with 10 and seven Olympic podiums respectively. Belmondo took gold in the 30 km at Albertville 1992 and the 15 km at Salt Lake City 2002, while Di Centa claimed a memorable double gold in those same distances at Lillehammer 1994.
Italy’s most recent medals come courtesy of Federico Pellegrino, who claimed silver in the sprint event at both PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
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