In the women's 500m event of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fang Tana won the gold medal again, becoming the second athlete to win the gold medal in the event after Wang Meng. For 16 years, Fontana wrote her own Olympic legend with 10 medals.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 15-year-old Fang Tana played for the first time and stood on the podium for the first time, becoming the youngest Italian winter Olympic medalist in history. In the women's 500m event, Fang Tana ranked 11th, and it was Wang Meng who won the gold medal.
Four years later, at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Wang Meng won the gold medal in the project for the second time, and Fang Tana won the bronze medal. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wang Meng retired due to injury, but due to an opponent's foul that caused Fang Tana to fall, she regrettably won the silver medal.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Fang Tana finally realized her dream of gold medals. In addition to this gold medal, Fontana also won a silver medal in the women's 3000m relay and a bronze medal in the women's 1000m relay at the Winter Olympics, and equalized Apollo and Ahn Hyun-so with 8 medals, and the three were tied for the athletes who won the most Olympic medals in the history of short track speed skating.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, 37-year-old Fang Tana played again. On her first matchday, Fontana teamed up with her teammates to win a silver medal in the relay, which set a new Winter Olympic record with 9 medals.
After 2 days, Fontana once again competed in the most familiar 500m event. This time, she did not miss the opportunity, led the way, successfully defended the gold medal, becoming the second athlete after Wang Meng to achieve this achievement.
After the first dash, Fontana hugged the coach and cried. Seeing this scene, Wang Meng was quite touched, "I also want to slide again in the next session, she skated five times, I skated twice." ”
16 years, 5 Olympic Games, 10 gold medals, the second person to win the 500 meters gold medal, Fang Tana drew a successful end to her Olympic journey.