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Olympic Moms, Dads and Their Kids Take Center Stage at the Milan Cortina Games
A record nine mothers and 17 fathers compete for the U.S. team, reflecting a cultural shift with new support policies for athlete parents at the Winter Games.
- On Thursday, Francesca Lollobrigida won gold at Milan Cortina and sprinted to embrace her 2-year-old son Tommaso after being told he couldn't join her after the 3,000 meters.
- The 232-athlete U.S. roster included nine moms and 17 dads, up from one mom in 2018 and four in 2022, while Amber Donaldson, Vice President of Sports Medicine, USOPC, called it a cultural shift.
- Among them, Swiss curlers Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann brought 1-year-old River, U.S. snowboardcross rider Nick Baumgartner has son Landon on-site, and Canadian curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant have 2-year-old Luke with them.
- The International Olympic Committee did not provide nurseries at the spread-out Italy venues, so parents of little ones face many challenges while the USOPC arranged stroller and car-seat rentals.
- Policy efforts and a USOPC women's health task force since 2022 aim to expand fertility funding, allow pre-natal vitamins under anti-doping rules, update lactation spaces, and study mothers' time-loss injuries.
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Independent EspañolBy HOWARD FENDRICH MILÁN (AP) — When Francesca Lollobrigida won Italy’s first gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games this week, the speed skater immediately sought out Tommaso, her 2-year-old son, so that they could celebrate it together. She found him, but was told that she was not allowed to approach where she was after she won the 3,000 meters. “So I said, ‘I’ll go to him,’” said Lollobrigida. She ran at full speed to Tommaso and wrapp…
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