{"id":246982,"date":"2026-01-19T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246982\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:42:07","slug":"the-story-of-stage-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246982\/","title":{"rendered":"the story of Stage 43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The grand finale then took place in Mantova, enhanced by the presence of three prominent Mantuan figures: Alberto Bollini, coach of the Italian Under-19 football team, Lucilla Boari, bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 and Roberto Boninsegna, an icon of the Italian national team and a striker for Inter and Juventus.\u00a0\u200b\u200bIt was Boninsegna who lit the brazier in Piazza Sordello, a square packed with people under the Ducal Palace, marking the end of a day filled with emotion and participation: &#8220;Carrying the Olympic torch was extraordinary.&#8221;\u00a0\u200b\u200bIt felt like being at San Siro, in front of 70,000 spectators, but I was even more excited because all my fellow Mantova\u00a0citizens were there, applauding and cheering me on.\u00a0\u200b\u200bI never thought I could experience such indescribable joy as I did today.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday the 20th, the Flame will pass through Nogara, Legnago, Rovigo, Monselice, and Este before arriving in Vicenza.\u00a0\u200b\u200bTo learn more about the 44th stage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/it\/milano-cortina-2026\/viaggio-della-fiamma-olimpica\/notizie\/martedi-20-gennaio-il-viaggio-della-fiamma-attraversa-il-veneto-e-arriva-a-vicenza\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The grand finale then took place in Mantova, enhanced by the presence of three prominent Mantuan figures: Alberto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-246982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}