02/04/2026 05:04:53 PMPark Slope Resident was selected as one of 10,001 Olympic Torchbearers.While most Brooklynites were bracing for the winter chill on January 9, Park Slope resident and SUNY Downstate educator Dr. Riccardo Bianchi was making history in Italy. Selected from over 1.5 million global applicants, Dr. Bianchi was one of only 10,001 people chosen to serve as an official Olympic Torchbearer for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games.Office of Communications & Marketing/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2026/february/02-04-olympic-torchbearer.xml