Alberto Tomba Was an ’80s and ’90s Icon. The Olympics Have Brought Him Back.

Nicknamed “Tomba la Bomba,” the Italian skier was a global superstar before he drifted from the limelight. Decades later, the Winter Games have given him a new platform.Alberto Tomba in the wine cellar at his home near Bologna, Italy, last month. An Olympic medal winner in the 1980s and ’90s, he is back in the limelight for the Milan-Cortina games.