Italy gets the first medal at the winter Paralympics in Beijing. On the silver podium Giacomo Bertagnolli and his guide Andrea Ravelli in the SuperG of the vision impaired category.
The two blues stopped the time at 1: 09.31, with 0.40 of delay from the winners, the British Neil Simpson and Andrew Simpson. "Finally a medal has arrived - was the comment of the Italian Paralympic standard-bearer - I brought out that extra strength that I had not shown in downhill. Silver repays me for the effort of these years; I dedicate it to my girlfriend, today it completes the years. And now I think about the Super Combi of tomorrow ".
(Unioneonline / ss)