bad weather influences the programme

For Italy, one silver and two bronze medals. The first one won by Alessandro Pittin, third into the Nordic Combined, after doing a big job: he was sixth after the Jumping competition, but with a big final rush into the 10 km race, he managed to reach the podium. The gold medal has been won by the French athlete Jason Lamy Chappuis; the silver one by the  US athlete Johnny Spillane. A “hard”, revelation medal, conquered with method, and, by training also in Italy with the same time zone of Vancouver, a nine-hour difference time: he spent the Italian days following the Canadian time zone.

A marzo in Valle d’Aosta ai Mondiali Militari la rivincita

Il drappo nero sulla bandiera a mezz'asta dei suoi connazionali, lo stadio in piedi, qualche lacrima, la dedica alla memoria in avvio e il minuto di silenzio alla fine. Le tracce della morte choc di Nodar Kumaritashvili, lo slittinista georgiano schiantatosi contro un palo mentre provava il suo esordio olimpico, scorrono silenziose nel fragore dello show, quello milionario dei Giochi, che va avanti comunque.

It will be soon included into the official programme of the CISM and of the IOC

During the first Winter Military World Games Aosta Valley 2010, there will be a further fresh novelty, in addition to the traditional Winter sports, and to the emerging ones, like ski orienteering and indoor sport climbing.