 
And’ the 21 February 1992 When the Winter Olympics of Albertville, in France, the Italian cross country skier Stefania Belmondo won the Olympic title. The then 23-year-old Piedmontese crosses the 30 km of proof 1:22:30:1: a unique result, for the one who will become “Snow Wren”. An epic win today, nearly twenty-five years later, takes fabulous contours: a young and shy girl, from slim physique that, coming from a small village in the Valle Stura, province of Cuneo, He managed to defeat those who had given the giants of the Fund. In that March of 30 km between trees and snowy forests, Stefania demonstrates a strength and courage from Lalani, gaining victory. She puts into practice what was the true spirit of sport, especially in strenuous competitions like cross-country skiing, i.e. seriousness in training, Intelligence when pouring in forces, without of course making use of performance-enhancing drugs and a lot of heart, but so much, but just as much. Yes, It was because now that spirit we've lost: seriousness in training, “cleaning” sports and morals are terms into disuse in most sports now: from skiing to cycling, passing through the gear and going so far as to athletics. Frequently there are new scandals about discovering new doping substances that were supposed to bypass the controls, followed by as many awkward excuses by athletes who have taken or mea culpa so much useless as sad. The slogans now are to win at all costs, by all means, obtaining the maximum visibility to increase the number of sponsors and raising their income. Doing so will erode the spirit of sport (We let Miss the important thing is to participate, not winning) and then it happens, as on this occasion, that when we mention athletes who have made extraordinary and unrepeatable sporting achievements so reflected a sense of bitterness at that time not be back.
Roberto Rossetti
