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02/12 11:00 CST Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy gets a 2nd Milan Cortina gold,
winning the 5,000 by 0.1 seconds
Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy gets a 2nd Milan Cortina gold, winning the
5,000 by 0.1 seconds
By DANIELLA MATAR
AP Sports Writer
MILAN (AP) --- Francesca Lollobrigida claimed her second gold medal at the
Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday, winning the women's speedskating 5,000
meters by an incredibly narrow margin to the delight of the home crowd.
With fans rising to their feet and roaring on every lap, Lollobrigida finished
in 6 minutes, 46.17 seconds --- just 0.1 seconds faster than Merel Conijn of
the Netherlands.
Ragne Wiklund of Norway, the runner-up to Lollobrigida in the 3,000 meters, was
third, 0.17 seconds off the pace.
Lollobrigida won the 3,000 on Saturday, her 35th birthday, for host Italy's
first gold medal.
That was her first gold in her fourth Olympics. In Beijing four years ago, she
won silver in the 3,000 and bronze in the mass start.
Lollobrigida is from Frascati, a hill town just outside Rome and well-known for
its white wine, and her great aunt was the late Gina Lollobrigida, a film start
of the 1950s and '60s.
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