The chase is over: title to Finland for the first time in hockey, they are the last event of the Games

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The chase is over: title to Finland for the first time in hockey, they are the last event of the Games

The 109th gold medal in Beijing 2022 around the neck of the Finnish boys, able to defeat the Russians in the final (2-1). Italy thirteenth in the medal table: the closing ceremony will begin at 13.00 and the Milan-Cortina 2026 adventure will begin.

A very long chase, crowned with a gold medal never won before in a team sport. The men's Olympic ice hockey tournament says Finland, finally on the top step of the podium for a party that closes the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, as the final against the Russians represented the 109th and last medal event. The 2-1 in the decisive act comes in comeback, after the Russian team, defending champions, took the lead in the 7th minute with Grigorenko's goal. The draw at 23 '' thanks to Pokka, the overtaking immediately at the start of the third period with the paw of Bjorninen. The bronze medal went to Slovakia, who beat Sweden in the "final". The final medal table in Beijing 2022 brings Norway home with 16 titles, ahead of Germany who are amazing in the gut disciplines, while Italy closes thirteenth, with 17 medals (second best haul ever after 20 in Lillehammer 1994) but even just two titles, thanks to Arianna Fontana's 500 meters of gold and the fable of the mixed doubles of curling with Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner. It is already time for assessments and analyzes, with the closing ceremony scheduled at 1.00 pm (live on Eurosport 1 and Rai 2) for the handover to Milan-Cortina 2026, when our country will find again the Games at twenty '' years from the Turin edition.
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