Rachele Bruni silver in the Marathon Swimming Women's 10km. The 22nd medal for the Italian Team at the Olympics

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 disqualifies Muller and Italy is awarded silver. An even more prestigious medal than the one won four years ago in London, in the same speciality, by Martina Grimaldi: the first Italian medallist in open water swimming. The 22nd medal for the Italian Team at the Olympics. Well done Rachele!

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 Tuscany joins the exclusive club of Italian athletes who have won at least three Olympic gold medals: two in a week taking into account the one won on Monday in the 10 m air rifle (whereas in London he got silver). It is the 19th medal in Rio for Italy (7 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze).

Silver for the Italian épée team. Italy's medal count in Rio rises to 21

Italian fencing waves goodbye to Rio 2016 with silver for the men's épée team. Bringing home the medals are the four Italian musketeers - Marco Fichera, Enrico Garozzo, Paolo Pizzo and Andrea Santarelli - who only fold to France 45-30.
This is the fourth fencing medal won by Italy in Brazil, after Daniele Garozzo's gold in the men's individual foil, silver for Elisa Di Francisca in the women's individual foil and silver again for Rossella Fiamingo in the women's individual épée.
Italy's medal haul sits at 21: 7 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze.

Bronze for Cagnotto in the 3 m, 36 years after her father Giorgio. It is the 20th medal for the Italian Team

One of a kind. Tania Cagnotto has managed to win an Olympic medal in the 3 metre springboard diving event on her fifth attempt. She matches her father Giorgio's bronze from Moscow 1980. Thirty-six years later, Italy is back on the podium in this event with another Cagnotto just behind China's Shi (406.05) and He (387.90), thanks to the last dive: 81 points, pulling away from Canada's Abel and allowing her to finish on 372.80.
A fitting end for the Italian diver, obtained in her fourth Olympic final, after Athens 2004 (eighth), Beijing 2008 (fifth) and London 2012 (fourth). The medals comes a week after winning silver in the synchro event with Francesca Dallape. It is the 20th medal for Italy at Rio 2016. A perfect round figure, like Tania's career.

Paltrinieri prevails, Detti comes 3rd: Italy rules the waves in the 1500m!

At the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Italy's swimming competition ends on a high note: Gregorio Paltrinieri is Olympic champion in the 1500m. The 21-year- old from Carpi was the clear favourite and 'Greg', World Champion in the event in Kazan in 2015, lived up to expectations by dominating rivals such as the American Jaeger - runner up at the worlds, second once again (14:39.48) - and the Australian Horton (only 5th) and providing the Italian Team with its first swimming gold of Rio 2016, the sixth gold of the 18 medals won by Italian athletes in Brazil.
But tonight the real challenger was China's Sun Yang, or rather, his absence, as he did not qualify for the final, the swimmer from Carpi was actually inside his world record for most of the race but eventually finished in 14:34.57. It is of little importance, Gabriele Detti's great bronze in 14:40.86 just added to Italy's celebrations. Tonight the 1500m belongs to Italy.

Gabriele Rossetti claims gold in the skeet 24 years after his dad, Bruno, won bronze

Like father like son. Twenty-four years after his dad Bruno, Gabriel Rossetti wins an Olympic medal in skeet for Italy. A worthy heir of his father, bronze in Barcelona92, however the Italian athlete claimed the most precious metal of all: gold. Top spot on the podium, at only 21, beating Sweden's Svensson in a perfect final (16 to 15). This is the 16th medal at Rio 2016 for the Italian Team, the fifth gold medal and fifth medal from target shooting, the third in the skeet after Diana Bacosi's gold and Chiara Cainero's silver.

The mayor of Rio, Paes, visits the Italian Olympic village. "Rome 2024 has a great chance"

A special guest at the Italian Olympic village. The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, visited the headquarters of the Italian team in Brazil, congratulating them on the organisation and the welcome received, before expressing his personal views on Rome's candidacy for the 2024 Games.
"Rome is the city where all citizens of the world feel at home. I think that Rome has a great chance to be awarded the 2024 Games. It's doing a great job with its candidacy. The games mean change and it is an opportunity to make the most of".

Amazing Italy! Bacosi gold and Cainero silver in an all-Italian final in the women's skeet

The women's skeet at Rio 2016 is an all-Italian affair. The gold medal match is actually a very private matter between Diana Bacosi and Chiara Cainero. At the end of the last series of shots, it was the former who prevailed imposing herself on her compatriot with 15 direct hits to 14. However, it was the Italian team that truly won as the gold and silver increase the Italian medal collection to 15 (4 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze).

The Italian Team reaches 13! Castaldo, Lodo, Montrone and Vicino win bronze in Men's Four

And Italy reaches 13! Rowing once again provides Italy with another medal at Rio 2016, this time with the Men's Four made up of Matteo Castaldo, Matteo Lodo, Domenico Montrone and Giuseppe Vicino. The Italian quartet fight back in the final few metres, denying South Africa a medal, and earning (in 6:03.85) the final place on a podium completed by Great Britain (5:58.61) and Australia (6:00:44).

Italy's Olympic rowing regatta finishes with this amazing bronze medal. After 12 years the coxless four achieves Olympic success which is added to the bronze medal won yesterday by the coxless pair of Giovanni Abagnale and Marco Di Costanzo. Domenico Montrone, Matteo Castaldo, Matteo Lodo, Giuseppe Vicino had the task of confirming Italy at the top in the world after being crowned champions at the worlds last year in Aiguebelette. The final on the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas went to the form books with the favourites, Britain leading from the first strokes pursued by Australia, which had already shown in the preliminary rounds to be the biggest threat to the British team. The Italian boat, after a good start, settled into fourth position, trying to increase speed without losing its composure, making sure to keep in touch with the medal positions.

The race steadily intensified with the top four positions unchanged until the last part of the race, when the four Italian rowers launched a thrilling finish (fastest in the last 500 metres with 2 "19 ahead of the British "giants") which literally left South Africa stunned guaranteeing the Italians a second splendid bronze medal.

Bronze for the men's coxless pair of Di Costanzo and Abagnale

The men's coxless pair provides rowing with its first Olympic medal of Rio 2016. Marco Di Costanzo and Giovanni Abagnale (photo Ferraro/GMT) have won the bronze medal. The Italian boat rowed a model race. Just behind New Zealand from the start, the two Italian athletes were able to hang on to 1500m. At the finish it was the pair from South Africa that moved passed them to claim second place.
Finishing order: 1. New Zealand (Hamish Bond, Eric Murray) 6.59.71, 2. South Africa (Lawrence Brittain, Shaun Keeling) 7.02.51, 3. Italy (Giovanni Abagnale, Marco Di Costanzo) 7.04.52, 4. Great Britain (Alan Sinclair, Innes Stewart) 07.07.99, 5. France (Germain Chardin, Dorian Mortelette) 7.09.91, 6. Australia (Alexander Lloyd, Spencer Turrin) 7.11.60.