Press release
- TOKYO 2020
Because of the Italian rowing athlete Bruno Rosetti being found to be positive for COVID -19, as communicated today, CONI, on the instructions of the Italian Rowing Federation, has replaced the athlete for today's final of the 4 coxless with Marco Di Costanzo, who in turn will be replaced in his crew (2 coxless) for today's semifinal by Vincenzo Abbagnale, the only reserve of the senior group.
Bordignon a scream: silver in 64 kg. First Italian woman ever to reach the Olympic podium
- WEIGHTLIFTING
Giorgia Bordignon lifted a fantastic silver medal and made history. With 232 kg (104 kg in the snatch - Italian record - and 128 in the sprint), the Italian weightlifter finished second in the 64 kg, behind only the Canadian Charron (236). Bronze medal for Chen Wen Huei of Taipei. This was the second Italian medal in the discipline, after Mirko Zanni's bronze, and the first-ever for an Italian woman at the Olympic Games.
Bordignon raises the silver
Italy on the podium in epee: the Italian women take third place, beating China. Italy's 11th Team medal
- FENCING
It was difficult, but the Italian women, after 25 years, found their way back to the podium in the team epee event. Besides the silver medal won in Atlanta 1996, they have now won a hard-earned bronze. After the defeat in the semifinals against the very strong Estonians, Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola and Mara Navarria, Alberta Santuiccio beat the Chinese Team 23-21 in the final for third place.
A race that, for the first three periods, dragged on the level of balance. The Italian women took the lead in the fourth Round with Rossella Fiamingo, who scored four consecutive winning hits to stop the score at 10-7. Halfway through the competition, Mara Navarria took the floor against Zhu of China, and the advantage increased. A dry 5-1 seems to put the distance between the two teams in safety (15-8).
The advantage did not diminish in these fractions, and nearly at the last series of assaults, there was also room for Alberta Santuccio, who had started in reserve, who also brought a point in her favour and, for a naive push on her opponent, received a red card. It was Federica Isola's turn to close the score. The Milanese fencer once again had to deal with Zhu's experience. Point after point, China came closer. Finally, at 22-21, the Chinese fencer was injured with 8 seconds left. After a long manipulation of her right thigh, she recovered, and Federica scored the final blow 23-21.
Bronze female sword team
Maria Centracchio bronze in the 63 kg: the Italy team up to 10 medals
- JUDO
Maria Centracchio brings the Italian Team into double figures: the judoka's signature on the tenth Italian medal at the Tokyo Games. The Italian won the bronze medal in the -63 kg, winning the challenge for the podium against the Dutch Juul Franssen at the golden score.
Centracchio had started her journey by beating Nomenjanahary (Madagascar) in ippon, before beating - again in ippon - Hungary's Ozabas and Poland's Agata Ozdoba-Blach in the golden score. Her meteoric rise was interrupted only by Slovenian Olympian Tina Trstenjak in the semifinals (defeated by ippon).
Judo, bronze medal for Maria Centracchio
Garozzo silver in foil! Fourth medal of the day for the Italian Team
- FENCING
Daniele Garozzo signs the third silver medal of the day for the Italy team in Tokyo 2020. The Italian defeated in the final for 15-11 to Ka Long Cheung, delivering to the athlete of Hong Kong the Olympic sceptre of foil won 5 years ago in Rio 2016 (photo Mezzelani GMT Sport).
For the Italian Team, this silver represents the ninth medal in this edition of the Games.
Garozzo with the silver medal
Bacosi silver in Skeet! 5 years later, she is still on the Olympic podium
- SHOOTING
Diana Bacosi again! The Umbrian shooter wins the silver medal in the Skeet at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 and climbs again on the five circles podium, five years after the gold in Rio 2016. The Italian hit 55 shots, giving in only in the final to the American Amber English, gold with 56 shots (new Olympic record). Chinese Meng Wei was third with 46. (photo Mezzelani GMT Sport).
Silver skeet with Diana Bacosi
Silver quartet! The 4x100 freestyle relay makes history: 2nd on the podium in Tokyo 2020
- SWIMMING
Silver! The Italian 4x100 freestyle relay team climbed for the first time in history on the second step of the podium at Tokyo 2020 thanks to the quartet composed of Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo. At the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the Italians lost only to the United States, who won in 3:08.97 and took a fantastic silver medal with a time of 3:10.11 (photo Ferraro - GMT Sport). Australia closes the podium, bronze in 3:10.22.
This is the second medal in history after the bronze medal of the 4x200 freestyle of Massimiliano Rosolino, Filippo Magnini, Simone Cercato and Emiliano Brembilla in Athens 2004.
Historic silver medal in the 4x100 Freestyle relay
The first swimming medal arrives! Martinenghi bronze in the 100 breaststroke
- TOKYO 2020
The first swimming medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is bronze, and Nicolò Martinenghi signs it! At the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the Italian (photo Ferraro - GMT Sport) placed third in the 100 breaststroke final with 58"33 behind the Olympic champion, the British Adam Peaty, gold in 57"37 and the Dutch Arno Kamminga (58"00).
Twenty-one years after Sydney 2000, when Domenico Fioravanti and Davide Rummolo took two-thirds of the podium (first and third), the Italian breaststroke team is back on the five-ring podium.
Martinenghi bronze in the 100 breaststroke
Three bronze medals for Italia team! Mirko Zanni is 3rd in the 67 kg category
- WEIGHTLIFTING
The third bronze medal of the day for the Italian Team at Tokyo 2020 comes from weightlifting. It was signed by Mirko Zanni (photo Mezzelani - GMT Sport) who, in the 67 kg category, conquered the third step of the podium, with 322 kg total, behind the Chinese Lijun Chen (332 kg, with Olympic record) and the Colombian Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano (331 kg). For Zanni, this is his second Olympic medal after taking bronze at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.
For the Italian Team, as mentioned, this is the third bronze medal won in this edition of the Olympic Games, the fifth overall (in the Italian medals table there is also a gold and a silver).
Italian weightlifting is back to win an Olympic medal 37 years after Norberto Oberburger won the 110 kg gold medal in Los Angeles '84.
"Lifting has not won an Olympic medal for 37 years? I am convinced that I will be the forerunner of a new era - the Italian athlete's warm comment -, more medals will come because we are a united team, we work well, there are important athletes, and we follow the Federation's project".
Zanni wins a heavy bronze
Giuffrida bronze in 52 kg! On the Olympic podium as five years ago
- JUDO
Odette Giuffrida is a bronze medal in Tokyo 2020! The Italian judo player is still on the Olympic podium, and after the silver medal in Rio 2016, she conquers the bronze medal in the -52 kg overcoming the Hungarian Reika Pupp at the golden score. On her way to the medal, the Italian (photo Pagliaricci - GMT Sport) defeated the Romanian Andreea Chitu by ippon at the golden score and then beat the Belgian Charline van Snick with a waza-ari, before being defeated with a waza-ari by the hostess Uta Abe.
The Italian Team thus achieves four medals at Tokyo 2020: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze.
Odette Giuffrida always on the podium
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