Italy’s Winter Olympics dream: A record 22nd medal seals its best-ever Games

Now it’s official: host nation Italy is having its best ever Winter Olympics. Italy picked up four medals in quick succession on Sunday — two golds, a silver and a bronze — to take its current total to 22 and surpass its previous best medal haul of 20, set more than 30 years ago, at the Lillehammer Games in 1994. Italy's cross-country team set Sunday off with bronze in the men's 4 x 7.5-kilometer relay before Federica Brignone won an incredible second gold medal at her home Games with victory in the giant slalom, barely a month after returning to racing following a horrific injury last year.

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