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Can Lara Colturi make Winter Olympic history for Albania?

30 January 2026

26 minutes

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Lara Colturi is only 19 years old, but she's already one of the world's best slalom skiers, with four podium finishes in this season's World Cup. She heads into the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina with the chance of making history, by becoming Albania's first Winter Olympic medallist.

In an interview recorded earlier this year for BBC TV's Ski Sunday, Colturi talks to former British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott about her career so far, her decision to focus on skiing rather than figure skating, and how she came to compete for Albania despite being born and raised in Italy.

Alcott also joins the BBC's Ed Harry to discuss Lara Colturi's Olympic chances, and how she's adapted to competing on the World Cup circuit at such a young age.

We also hear from Alesia Burnazi, who reports on Lara Colturi and the build-up to the Winter Olympics for RTSH, the national broadcaster of Albania. She explains how Albanians have received their new star, and the effect Colturi's success is having on the sporting culture of a country that has never previously contended for a Winter Olympic medal.

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