Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Europe Austria 34 years after his father Hubert Strolz, Johannes Strolz has won Olympic gold in the Alpine Combined in Beijing 2022 Games
Europe Kosovo Skier Albin Tahiri finished in 15th place out of 27 competitors in the alpine combination discipline, the best result in Kosovo’s history
Europe Monaco Rudy Rinaldi and Boris Vain finished in 6th place in the 2-man bobsleigh in Beijing, scoring the highest ranking ever achieved by Monaco at either the Winter or Summer Olympics
Africa Ghana Carlos Mader, at 43, was the oldest competitor among the 6 African athletes at 2022 Winter Olympics
America Mexico Donovan Carrillo was the first figure skater to represent the country at the Winter Olympics in 30 years; after making it to the finals, he celebrated the historic moment by using his hands to plant a kiss on the Olympic Rings in the ice
Europe Russia The case of 15-year-old athlete Kamila Valieva has brought about discussions on whether to raise to 17 the age limit for athletes taking part in Olympics
Oceania New Zealand Two young athletes from the South Island resort town of Wanaka bring the country to win the first and second gold ever in the history of the Winter Games
Asia Cyprus Alpine skier Yianno Kouyoumdjian was the flag bearer and only Cyprus athlete in these Olympics - he declared representing the country was one of his goals as an athlete; his mother and his uncle competed in the 1980 '84 '88 and 1992 Winter Games
Europe Italy With only 500 federation members in the country, Italian duo Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner won gold in mixed curling, getting an entire nation passionate about the sport and bringing more than 3 million Italians to watch the final
America Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro ratified that the country is on its way to “an outstanding military cooperation” with Russia, supporting, if necessary, the operations at the Ukrainian border
Asia China The XXIV Winter Olympic Games will close today in Beijing; subject to a strong diplomatic boycott, the event was also highly contested for being environmentally unsustainable, with 100% artificial snow
Europe Germany Francesco Friederich entered history of the Winter Olympics as the first person to win the gold medal in bobsleigh in two consecutive editions; the country also scored a record-extending eighth sliding gold for the German team and won all three medals
America United States Erin Jackson brings the US gold, missing since 1994, in the women’s 500-meter speed skating; it’s the first Black woman to win the event ever while Elana Meyers Taylor - bronze in bobsleigh - became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Games history