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Italy's Lisa Vittozzi reacts at the finish line after the Biathlon Women's 10 km pursuit at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
Lisa Vittozzi claimed her biggest career success when she won a first ever Olympic biathlon gold for Italy in style in front of a home crowd on Sunday.
Vittozzi shot clean in the pursuit race and capitalized from two penalty laps in the final shooting for a race total of three for then leading sprint winner Maren Kirkeeide of Norway.
Vittozzi coasted home 28.8 seconds ahead of Kirkeeide after 10 kilometres, and the bronze went to Finland's Suvi Minkkinen, another 5.5 seconds back.
World Cup leader Lou Jeanmonnot of France had to settle for fourth. Retirement-bound German Franziska Preuss was in medal contention until missing twice in the last shooting and placing sixth.
Vittozzi won the overall World Cup and 15km gold at the world championships in 2024 but she then had to sit out the entire past season owing to back problems.
She returned this season and celebrated her biggest moment on Sunday to make history for Italy, after mixed relay silver a week ago and a bronze in that event in 2018.
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Italy's Lisa Vittozzi reacts at the finish line after the Biathlon Women's 10 km pursuit at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
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