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Olympic Silver Medalist Goes Viral After Photos With Cheese Wheels Emerge
Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa, who just helped Team Italy take silver in the women's team competition is going viral for reasons other than her major accomplishment. Villa once had a partnership with Parmigiano Reggiano, and her old photos supporting the brand by posing with big wheels of cheese have the internet going crazy! There's no faking her love of cheese. One of her posts roughly translates to "In this very important moment for my career, thanks to the support of Italian excellence like Parmigiano Reggiano, with me at all times, I have the opportunity to face every new challenge with the right energy and determination! The photos vary from her hugging the big wheel, sitting on top of it, FLIPPING over the cheese, or simply enjoying a sample of the fan-favorite brand. The partnership was only from 2021-2022 but the internet is still EATING IT UP. Cheesiness aside, Villa has had a successful gymnastics career, even before entering the 2024 Olympics. Gymnastics Career Before her medal in Paris. Villa was a very decorated gymnast in her own right. According to her personal Instagram, she took 3 golds and a Silver in the Youth Olympics in 2018, took bronze in the World Championships in 2019, and won a Gold in both team and uneven bars at the Mediterranean Games in 2022. Her team also won gold in the 2022 European Games, and Silver in 2023. She has been a member of the Italian National team since 2015. She was a staple in this year's Olympics, helping her team reach a total combined score of 165.494, trailing behind Team USA with a score of 171.296 Living in the moment, Villa recently posted to her social media accounts, images of the Olympic Rings with the caption "Un sogno che diventa realtà", meaning, A dream that becomes reality. Interested in seeing the big cheese? Be sure to check out her Instagram before her follower count explodes! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTEnO13qas4/?hl=en