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From Bergamo to Beijing, Italy aims for more Olympic success

Italy's Sofia Goggia sports Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet, in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Zauchensee, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) Italy's Sofia Goggia sports Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet, in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Zauchensee, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) FILE - Military trucks moving coffins of deceased people leave the cemetery of Bergamo, one of the areas worst hit by the coronavirus infection, on their way to a crematory in some other location as the local crematory exceeded its maximum capacity, in Bergamo, Italy, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) Italy's Sofia Goggia sports Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet, in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Zauchensee, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
From Bergamo to Beijing, Italy aims for more Olympic success