When decorated Italian speedskater Arianna Fontana decided her American husband would be her coach at the Olympics, the Italian federation wasn’t happy. Now that she’s claimed more gold, she says they’ve proved he was the “best possible' selection.
Fontana said Italian federation officials passed her in the hallway after her victory on Monday and didn’t offer congratulations.Fontana won gold in the 500 four years ago in Pyeongchang, but she said it was made clear by Italian skating officials and the national coaching staff that Lobello wasn’t welcome as her coach. She took a year’s break after the 2018 Olympics, leaving Italy and relocating to Hungary to train in the lead-up to Beijing.
“I wasn’t welcome. It was not a good environment for me to be in,” she said. “There’s some major problems that are obviously not me and my coach.” Lobello had his own troubled relationship with US Speedskating. He skated for the U.S. at the 2006 Turin Olympics, then switched his nationality to compete for Italy in 2014. He was eligible to do so because his paternal grandfather is Italian.
He began dating Fontana in 2012 and the couple wed two years later. Lobello started coaching Fontana after he retired from skating. Working together, she won three medals in Pyeongchang.Fontana has one more chance at a medal in Beijing in the women’s 3,000 relay starting Wednesday. The next Winter Games will be in Milan-Cortina in 2026. Fontana’s first Olympics in 2006 were in her home country, where at 15 she became the youngest Italian to medal. The idea of finishing her career at home is enticing.Of course, she wants to win. With her husband by her side again.AP NEWS
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