I also think that this was our best time in both summer and winter sports + team sports. And it was not a coincidence, because a few years ago I saw calculations that in 1996 we spent more on professional sports in our country than we do now. Secondly, we had more people aged 18 up to 30-32. Over these 30 years, Italian society has aged a lot and the only solution is probably to reach out to migrants more widely, like France, the Netherlands, or GBR.
Personally, I prefer the balance we had in Atlanta: 36 medals, including 13 gold, than what we had in Tokyo 2021: 40 medals, including 10 gold.