Silver for Italy, Brazil victorious. Italy finishes with 28 medals, 9th place in the medal table
VOLLEYBALL
The Italian volleyball team claims silver. The men's volleyball team, led by Blengini, reaches the second step of the podium in Rio 2016, after a sensational Olympic tournament. The Italian team were beaten - only in the final - by the host nation Brazil, 3-0 (25-22, 28-26, 26-24) but with their heads held high after a...
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A round of applause from Malagò: "We are still in the Top Ten, I'm proud to be Italian"
THE CLOSING BALANCE
Team Italy bids farewell to Rio 2016. And it does so with a satisfying balance: the results confirm Italy claims 9th place in the Olympic medals table with 28 podium finishes (8 golds, 12 silvers and 8 bronzes), just like at the last two summer editions but with a higher number of silvers (12, three more), despite the...
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Chamizo bronze in freestyle wrestling (65 kg): the 28th medal for the Italian team
Frank Chamizo has won bronze in Rio 2016 in wrestling, in the 65 kg category beating the American, Molinaro (3-1) for a place on the podium. The World and European champion's dreams of gold (photo Mezzelani/GMT) were shattered in the semi-finals (1-3) against the Azerbaijani Asgarov, after winning his first fight...
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Italy's men's water polo team beats Montenegro 12-10 for bronze: the 27th medal for Italy
WATERPOLO
Italy's men's water polo team overcomes Montenegro 12-10 and wins bronze in Rio 2016. The men's water polo team, thanks to a battling performance, get on the podium giving Italy its 27th medal of the 31st edition of the Summer Olympics (taking into the account the guaranteed medal for the volley ball team in tomorrow's...
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Silver medal winner Daniele Lupo will be the Italian flag bearer at Rio 2016's closing ceremony
Daniele Lupo will be the flag bearer for the Italian team at the Rio Games closing ceremony 2016. The Italian athlete, partnering Paolo, won a historic silver medal in yesterday's final against the Brazilians Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt. It represents Italy's first Olympic medal in beach volleyball since it became an...
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Italy's women's national water polo team, a creditable silver. The United States won the final 12-5
WATER POLO
Italy's women's water polo team claims silver. The water polo team coached by Fabio Conti, at the end of a fine tournament, eventually surrenders to the United States (12-5) in the Rio 2016 Olympic final. After the Americans made a flying start in the first quarter (4-1), the Italians proudly came back (1-2), before bowing...
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Nicolai and Lupo part of history: their silver medal is the 1st Italian medal in the Beach Volley
BEACH VOLLEY
Last night Rio gave the Italian beach volleyball, a historic medal, the first Olympic won by the Italian team since 20 years ago, when this discipline was introduced to the games (Atlanta 1996). Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo were the stars of this beautiful page of the Italian sport history who were able to win the silver...
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Viviani falls but goes on to claim gold in the men's omnium. It is the 23rd medal for Italy
TRACK CYCLING
Elia Viviani falls but goes on to claim gold in the omnium at Rio 2016. The Italian cyclist finished on 207 points, at the end of the six events, ahead of Britain's Cavendish (194) and the Dane Hansen (192), Olympic champion from London 2012.The Italian athlete, who at the end of the first three races held yesterday was in...
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Rachele Bruni silver in the Marathon Swimming Women's 10km. The 22nd medal for the Italian Team at the Olympics
MARATHON SWIMMING
Amazing Rachele Bruni, in the waters of Fort Copacabana, touches home in third place in the final of the 10 km open water swimming event. The Italian athlete stops the clock at 1h56:49.5 behind Dutchwoman Van Rouwendal 1h56:32.1 and France’s Muller (1:56:48.7). Bruni appears to claim the bronze medal, but the jury...
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Rio 2016 just like London 2012, Campriani repeats gold in the 50m rifle 3 positions men
Rio 2016 just like London 2012, as long as there is Niccolò Campriani in the shooting range. Sure enough the Italian athlete has repeated the gold won four years ago in the 50 m rifle 3 positions men by beating Russia's Kamenskiy 458.8 (an Olympic record for the final) to 458.5 in a thrilling final. The man from...
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