Olympic journey through time – today: February 24th

While there was plenty to choose from for this section for two weeks, the range of relevant topics for a specific day in the past is becoming increasingly meager.

To find a special South Tyrolean Olympic event on February 24th, you have to resort to ice hockey as an exception.

The last time South Tyrolean ice hockey players took part in the Olympics was twelve years ago: at the local Winter Games in Turin in 2006, there was not only a men's team from the “Azzurri” at the start - with six South Tyroleans - but for the first time even a women's team - with eight South Tyroleans.

Against France for victory in the consolation round in 1994 The story we're talking about today goes back another twelve years: On February 24, 1994, Italy played its last match of the Olympic tournament in Lillehammer - against France, it was for ninth place and therefore the best final rank of those four teams missed the quarterfinals.

The Italians had already defeated France in the preliminary round (7:3), while in the other four games they lost against Canada (2:7), Sweden (1:4), Slovakia (4:10) and the USA (1:7). XNUMX) had no chance.

The game for ninth place against the French was closer than in the preliminary round, but the “Azzurri” again had the upper hand, this time 3-2. Bolzano striker Martin Pavlu, who made it 1-1, was one of the goalscorers at the time. Pavlu and Oberrauch three times at the Olympics Martin Pavlu took part in the Olympics three times - in 1984 in Sarajevo, 1994 in Lillehammer and 1998 in Nagano. He has the most Olympic participations of all South Tyrolean ice hockey players, together with his long-time club colleague Robert Oberrauch. Today's Virtus-Bozen football president was at the Olympics as an ice hockey defender in 1992, 1994 and 1998.

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Olympic journey through time – today: February 24th

Day after day, during the Pyeongchang Games, “SportNews” looks back at South Tyrolean Olympic highlights that happened on that day at some point in the past. This time it's February 24th.

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