Lent.az
Five sets of medals found their owners on the first day of competition at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy.
Lent.az reports that the first gold medal was won by 24-year-old Swiss alpine skier Franyo von Allmen.
He won the men's downhill race. Italians Giovanni Franzoni and Dominik Paris won silver and bronze medals.
Swede Frida Karlsson became the Olympic champion in the women's skiathlon. Her compatriot Ebba Andersson won silver, and Norwegian Heidi Weng won bronze.
Francesca Lollobrigida secured the first victory at the Olympics for the host Italy. Competing on her birthday, Lollobrigida not only won a gold medal, but also set a new Olympic record in the women's 3,000-meter speed skating race with a result of 3:54.28 minutes. Norwegian Ragne Wiklund won silver, and Canadian Valerie Maltais won bronze.
In addition, in the women's ski jumping competition, Norwegian Anna Odine Strøm won gold, Slovenian Nika Prevc won silver, and Japanese Nozomi Maruyama won bronze.
Japan won two medals in the men's snowboard competition. In the big air event, Kira Kimura won gold and Rema Kimata won silver. The current world champion in big air, Chinese athlete Yimin Su, had to settle for a bronze medal this time.
