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Italy's Giacomel has heart operation after pulling out of 15-km ...
- On Tuesday, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said Tommaso Giacomel, Italian biathlete, has undergone heart surgery after withdrawing while leading the Winter Olympics mass start.
- Following his collapse during the mass start, hospital tests in Milan found an electrical conduction anomaly in one heart atrium, prompting a successful minor ablation.
- Giacomel is a mixed-relay Olympic silver medallist and has won four individual World Cup races this season, sitting second behind Eric Perrot.
- FISI said he would be discharged on Thursday and would undergo further checks in two weeks, and if he passes those checks he will return to regular training.
- The recovery schedule rules him out of the World Cup stage from March 5-8 in Kontiolahti, Finland, and he is unlikely to race in Otepaa or Oslo on March 19-22.
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Tommaso Giacomel undergoes heart surgery after dropping out of Olympic race he was winning
Italian biathlete Tommaso Giacomel underwent heart surgery after pulling out of the 15km mass start event last Friday at the 2026 Olympics due to breathing issues, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) announced Tuesday.
In the Olympic mass start, Biathlete Tommaso Giacomel was in the lead before he gave up the race surprisingly. Now a successful heart surgery followed, the season is finished for the Italian.
The Italian biathlete Tommaso Giacomel had to undergo heart surgery shortly after the Olympic Winter Games! As a leader, Giacomel had to get out of the Olympic mass start race due to breathing problems. "That was the worst feeling I've ever experienced!" "I had great difficulty breathing and moving, so I had to stop. That was the worst feeling I've ever experienced," Giacomel commented on Instagram a photo of myself in the sick bed.
Tommaso Giacomel wanted to become Olympic champion in his home country. But Tommaso Giacomel had to give up the last race at the Winter Games for health reasons. Now the top biathlete announced the reason.
The Italian World Cup second Tommaso Giacomel fails after a heart surgery for the rest of the season.
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