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As brazilians usually remember the bad moments more than the good, I would say that the 2004 marathon "attack" is by far the most remembered Olympic moment here (but, of course, also because Vanderlei

heywoodu
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Hard to really make a ranking off the top of my head, but Epke Zonderland's high bar gold in 2012 is probably in it, for sure the 1996 men's volleyball gold is in the list and I'd assume Ard Schenk's

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part 4, up to Today...   Vancouver 2010, wonderful Games, great atmosphere, exciting competitions. but very few Italian success. however, the first memory unfortunately is avery sad one

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  On 12/4/2022 at 11:57 AM, heywoodu said:

Talking about athletics finishes: Ellen van Langen's 800m gold in 1992, that should definitely be on the list as well in terms of iconic moments here :d 

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One of my olympic fav moments ever

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I wonder if those TVP Sport (Polish TV broadcaster) videos are available in your countries. Let me know, please.

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  On 12/4/2022 at 12:01 PM, rafalgorka said:

I wonder if those TVP Sport (Polish TV broadcaster) videos are available in your countries. Let me know, please.

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no, here they aren't (copyright issues) :cry: :dunno:

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no, here they aren't (copyright issues) :cry: :dunno:

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Thanks, i will try to look for another ones...

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to answer your pivotal question...

 

it's really difficult to rank all of those sensational successes Italy has had over the past 120 years or so, especially because I normally enjoy sports that here aren't even a niche that most people ignore the existence of.

 

so, I'm going with a fully personal list since my first Olympic memories...

 

:YUG Sarajevo 1984, men's single Luge, Paul Hildgartner's gold medal and the first games of an international Ice Hockey tournament (in particular, Jim Corsi on the italian net stopping the Big Red Machine and the KLM line for more than half a game and all of the amazing Soviet team plays).

 

:USA Los Angeles 1984, the gold medal won by the tiny wrestler Vincenzo Maenza (greco-roman -48kg), the gold medal won by Alberto Cova (men's 10,000m) and the silver medal won by Sara Simeoni (athletics), the first Olympic chapter of the Abbagnale saga in Rowing and the tragic last meters of the Swiss marathon specialist in the very first women's race over that distance at the Games.

 

:CAN Calgary 1988, well...I don't have great memories about those Games, also because of the very poor coverage they got on our TV.

Except one (actually, 2) unforgettable events: Alberto Tomba's gold medals (men's GS and Slalom, especially this one -the most viewed sport event in the history of the Country outside some football games at the world cup) in Alpine Skiing.

 

:KOR Seoul 1988, actually my most intense memories are about a loss, the boxing scandal when Vincenzo Nardiello was declared a loser against the Korean fighter, the same who then made an even bigger scandal by robbing the gold medal against Roy Jones Jr.

then, the final day, when the poor Vincenzo Parisi won the gold medal in Boxing, followed a few moments later by the amazing Gelindo Bordin in the men's Marathon.

 

more to come (sorry, but now I have to leave :facepalm:)...

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