Speed-skater Arianna
Fontana carried the tricolour flag at the helm of the Italian
delegation at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South
Korea on Friday.
"It's a huge emotion," said the 27-year-old, the 2015 world
champion in the 1500m event.
"Now I realise how beautiful what I am doing is.
"With this flag in my hand, I don't fear anything".
Fontana won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter
Olympics in Turin.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze
medal in the 500 metre event.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was upgraded from a
bronze to a silver medal in the 500m event after colliding with
British skater Elise Christie.
She also won a bronze medal in the 1500m event and in the
team-event.
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