The Olympics are a spectacle of athleticism, hard work, peak performance – and perhaps, for some, eating parmesan cheese.
The 21 year old from Lombardy in northern Italy was sponsored by the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano (Consortium of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese) in 2021.
In one photo, she is hugging a cheese wheel close to her chest.
Parmigiano-Reggiano, or parmesan cheese, is most famously made in the hills around Parma, about 65 miles northwest of Bologna.
Less visited Parma is the spiritual home of parmesan cheese, however.
Persons:
we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Giorgia Villa, Italy’s, –, Villa, Gabriele Seghizzi, al, there’s, Buon
Organizations:
CNN, intel, Sipa, Reggio, Mantova, Museo
Locations:
Lombardy, Italy, Emilia, Romagna, Parma, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Modena, San Petronio, There’s, Soragna