Figure skating: Italy pulls off historic 1-2 at Euros

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 27 - Italy achieved a historic one-two in the European figure skating championships in Finland Thursday night with Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii taking the pairs gold and Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini bagging silver in an event in which Russian athletes were excluded due to the Ukraine war.
    Italy's previous Euros best was a bronze for Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek in Zagreb in 2013.
    Both couples said they were "thrilled" with their medals.
    photo: Ghilardi-Ambrosini (ANSA).