(ANSA) - Rome, November 22 - Ice hockey star Florian Planker
will be Italy's flag-carrier at the Paralympic Winter Games at
Pyeongchang in South Korea, Italian Paralympic Committee chief
Luca Pancalli said Wednesday.
Bolzano-born Planker, 40, will be at his sixth Paralympics,
three as skier and three as playmaker for the ice hockey team.
photo: Planker (L) fights for the puck with Brody Roybal (R)
during group Ice Sledge Hockey match between the USA and Italy
at Shaiba stadium in Sochi, Russia, 8 March 2014.
Planker to be Pyeongchang flag-carrier
At his sixth Games