Italian women’s snowboarding is back among the Olympic medallists in the parallel giant slalom, 24 years after Lidia Trettel’s bronze at Salt Lake City 2002. In the PGS at Milano Cortina 2026, staged at the Livigno Snow Park, Lucia Dalmasso won the all-Italian small final against Elisa Caffont to take bronze, in a race won by Czech rider Zuzana Maderova, who defeated Austria’s Sabine Payer (+0.83) in the final. It is the fifth medal for the Italia Team at these Winter Games.

In the draw, Dalmasso — fourth after the two qualification runs — edged fellow Italian Jasmin Coratti by six hundredths in the round of 16 and then repeated the feat in the quarter-finals against Poland’s Aleksandra Krol-Walas (+0.26). The victory guaranteed Italy a medal thanks to Caffont’s progress in the other half of the bracket. Sixth in qualification, Caffont beat Switzerland’s Julie Zogg (+0.47) in the round of 16 and Japan’s Miki Tsubaki (+0.02) in the quarter-finals.

Both Italians were halted in the semi-finals: Dalmasso lost to Payer, who finished 0.23 seconds clear, while Maderova defeated Caffont (+0.45). In the bronze-medal derby it was the 28-year-old from Feltre (photo Roberto Di Tondo/CONI) who celebrated, beating her team-mate by +0.11. Sofia Valle, meanwhile, was eliminated in qualification.

No joy for the Italia Team in the men’s event. Roland Fischnaller, reigning world champion and the most capped Italian athlete in Winter Olympic history (seven appearances), was knocked out by Korea’s Kim Sangkyum and stopped just short of the semi-finals, as was Mirko Felicetti, beaten by Slovenia’s Tim Mastnak. Aaron March and Maurizio Bormolini exited in the round of 16.