After Italian speed skating star Arianna Fontana won the gold medal in the women's 500m event, the 10-piece Olympic medalist revealed that team officials had "not wanted her to compete in Beijing" due to the breakdown of Arianna Fontana's relationship with the Italian National Olympic Committee.
After winning the gold medal, the 31-year-old champion snubbed the leading officer and instead slid straight to her husband and coach Anthony Lobero Jr., where the two kissed at the edge of the rink. Some Italian viewers interpreted the kiss as a deliberate act by Arianna Fontana in defiance of her own Olympic officials, as she claimed that "there has been a lack of support since she decided to be coached by Lobello Jr."
"When I cross the finish line — all the shouting — I don't usually shout, it's just a way to vent my anger," she said. ”。
"Some people don't want me here. My league didn't support me to have my husband coach.
"My family and I had to go through a bad situation and they didn't want me here. They don't want my husband to be the coach, but today we proved that he is the best coach. ”。
"They didn't help. In fact, they're trying to find a way we're not here at all. It's tough. "Today we proved that he is an amazing coach." Putting him on my side was my best bet and my best decision. ”
After the 2018 Olympics, Arianna Fontana rested for a year before moving to Hungary. She only returned to Italy late last year to train with the national team.
Arianna Fontana said: "I saw a couple of [Italian federal officials] in the corridor – they didn't even come up to congratulate. ”。
"I'm not looking to see if they're coming for me. In fact, it would have been better if they had stayed a little farther away from me. ”
Asked if she would try her third career gold medal, Arianna Fontana said the situation needed to change.
"If it doesn't change, I won't go through it all again," she said.
The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2026 in Milan and Cortina, Italy, Arianna Fontana's home country.
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