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Mondiali, anche Pellielo in testa nel Trap dopo i primi 50 piattelli
Buona la prima. Giovanni Pellielo apre i 51esimi Mondiali di Tiro a Volo a Granada guidando la classifica provvisoria della Fossa Olimpica, insieme ad altri undici tiratori. Il quattro volte Campione del Mondo e tre volte medagliato olimpico non ha sbagliato nulla. Con un perfetto 50/50, guida il gruppo dei 145 aspiranti Campioni del Mondo e si presenta al secondo giorno di gara con un percorso netto. Buona anche la prestazione di Massimo Fabbrizi. Il Vice Campione Olimpico ha avuto una sola defaillance nella seconda serie, ma con 49 segue i vertici della classifica a brevissima distanza. Qualche difficoltà in più per Valerio Grazini, secondo nella Finale di Coppa del Mondo 2013, che ha iniziato la giornata infilando uno zero nel primo piattello della prima serie. Con 24/25 e 23/25 è arrivato a quota 47. Domani la gara proseguirà con altri 50 piattelli di qualificazione e terminerà mercoledì 10 settembre con gli ultimi 25, la semifinale ed i medal matches. I primi tre classificati consentiranno al Paese di appartenenza di ottenere la Carta Olimpica per Rio 2016.
Italia-Usa 1-3 ma gli azzurri avanzano alla seconda fase dei Mondiali
Ancora una sconfitta per la Nazionale maschile di pallavolo, che cede per 3-1 (25-18 25-20 23-25 25-17) agli Stati Uniti, ma riesce ad entrare comunque nel girone della seconda fase dei Mondiali in Polonia (per numero di vittorie nei confronti del Belgio con cui hanno concluso a pari punti), dove sono attesi a Lodz dalle gare con Serbia e Polonia (mercoledì 10 e giovedì 11) e a Bydegoszcz da Australia ed Argentina (sabato 13 e domenica 14). Quattro gare da vincere per continuare ad inseguire la fase finale a sei, che in questo momento sembra molto lontana. Birarelli e compagni partiranno con soli 2 punti e dovranno cercare di raggiungere il terzo posto ora occupato dalla Serbia con 6.
L'Italia contro gli Usa aveva l'occasione di riscattarsi, dopo lo scivolone con Porto rico. Non c'è riuscita, ma ha mostrato grande volontà di uscire da una crisi, che gli stessi protagonisti non riescono a spiegarsi completamente.
"Qui in Polonia a parte qualche momento non ci siamo espressi sui nostri migliori livelli - ha commentato Dragan Travica che nella seconda parte del match è tornato a guidare la squadra - Per questo non abbiamo battuto gli Stati uniti ed abbiamo perso le gare in precdenza. Sino a questa partita la sfera ce l'avevamo noi. Avevamo l'occasione di cambiare il nostro Mondiale. ci abbiamo provato davvero con tutte le nostre forze ed i nostri difetti. Non ci siamo riusciti, ma questa è la faccia più positiva della gara".
L'Italia non ha iniziato benissimo, fermata soprattutto dalla forza in battuta degli americani. Nel secondo set Mauro Berruto ha perduto Ivan Zaytsev per un infortunio alla caviglia destra e lo ha sostituito con Vettori. In svantaggio 0-2 la squadra azzurra si è parzialmente ritrovata. Ha "raccolto" molto di più in difesa, ha lottato e vinto 25-23 il terzo riaprendo il match. Sullo slancio gli azzurri sino sono portati avanti nel quarto 6-4, ma poi alla lunga hanno iniziato a sbagliare troppo ed hanno ceduto. Berruto inizialmente ha deciso di rimettere in squadra Simone Parodi, martello accanto a Kovar, confermato invece Baranowicz in regia. Simone Buti, dopo il riposo di sabato ha ripreso il suo posto da titolare al centro insieme a Birarelli. Poi ha utilizzato molto Travica, in pianta stabile dal terzo set e dopo l'infortunio dello "Zar" ha messo dentro Vettori.
First meeting of the Sports Justice Commission with Minister Abodi. Buonfiglio: “We aim to ensure greater transparency and impartiality”
- AT CONI
The inaugural meeting of the Sports Justice Commission took place this afternoon in the Sala Giunta of CONI at the Foro Italico. Attending the session were Andrea Abodi, Minister for Sport and Youth, CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio, CONI General Secretary Carlo Mornati, and Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) President Marco Giunio De Sanctis.
All 13 members of the Commission, distinguished figures from both the professional and academic spheres, participated either in person or remotely: Riccardo Andriani, Stefano Arcifa, Marco Di Paola (Coordinator), Giovanni Fontana, Alberto Gambino, Pierluigi Matera, Francesca Orlando, Massimo Proto, Piero Sandulli, Raffaella Valeri, Guido Valori, Stefano Varone, and Massimo Zaccheo.
The working group has set itself the task of preparing, within a reasonable timeframe, a proposal capable of addressing the various issues that have emerged over recent years in the application and management of sports justice. This system involves numerous bodies within the CONI and CIP framework and directly affects millions of athletes and administrators at every level.
“I am very pleased to have launched this important commission alongside Minister Abodi, bringing together such highly regarded professionals,” commented President Buonfiglio. “Many of them were involved in the 2014 reform and are now preparing to update it. Let us remember that at that time there were 4.5 million registered members, while today we count between 14 and 15 million. The system has evolved, and we must adapt it to ensure transparency, independence, impartiality, and due process with appropriate timing” he concluded.
Farewell to Armani, President Buonfiglio’s tribute: “You were the gold medal of elegance”
- SPORT MOURNING
Upon hearing the sad news of Giorgio Armani’s passing, CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio paid tribute with words of affection and admiration, issuing the following statement:
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of a proud icon of our country, a visionary who shaped the history of fashion with his innate talent and class. Giorgio Armani was a true ambassador of Italian excellence worldwide and a devoted supporter of our beloved sport, of both the Olympic and Paralympic movements. Since London 2012, through EA7 Emporio Armani, he has accompanied Italy’s Olympic missions, bringing a unique style that has made us — and will continue to make us — proud of a partnership capable of securing, always and in every circumstance, the gold medal of elegance.
CONI and the entire sporting movement mourn his passing, remembering the commitment he devoted to our community through visionary ideas, investments, and passion. These are the qualities we wish to honour by dedicating to him, starting with Milano Cortina 2026, our future achievements, proudly wearing the uniforms that will bear his name — an identity in which we will continue to recognise ourselves with a strong sense of belonging.”
President Buonfiglio will attend the lying in state on Saturday morning in Milan, as a dutiful tribute from the sporting world to Giorgio Armani. At the same time, CONI has ordered the flags at Palazzo H to be flown at half-mast for three days.
Addio a Giorgio Armani, le divise più belle disegnate per l'Italia Team
President Buonfiglio Meets EOC Leader Capralos at the “Giulio Onesti” Olympic Training Centre
- CONI
Luciano Buonfiglio, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), today welcomed Spyros Capralos, President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), to the “Giulio Onesti” Olympic Training Centre in Rome. The Greek official is in the Italian capital for the meeting of the EOC Executive Committee, which brings together the National Olympic Committees of the continent.
Also in attendance was Carlo Mornati, who serves as both General Secretary of CONI and General Secretary of the EOC.
For Buonfiglio, elected to lead CONI last June, this marked his first official meeting with the head of the European Olympic body. The occasion provided an important opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s central role within the international Olympic landscape and to strengthen the longstanding dialogue with European leadership, facilitated by Mornati’s dual responsibilities. The discussions also looked ahead to major events on Italian soil, beginning with the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
IOC launches call for medal designs for Dakar 2026
- YOG
Creatives and Olympic fans now have the chance to leave their mark on Olympic history. A global call is open to shape one of the most meaningful symbols of the Games by designing the obverse side of the medal for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The selected design will feature on the medals awarded to athletes who reach the podium in Senegal. Designs can be submitted from 2 September to 7 October 2025 through a dedicated platform on Olympics.com.
As well as being able to submit their designs from 2 September to 7 October 2025 through the dedicated platform on Olympics.com, candidates can also access a toolkit with design specifications, guidelines and rules. Entries will be judged on five criteria: creativity, originality, relevance to the YOG narrative, feasibility and the written description.
A jury featuring International Olympic Committee (IOC) Dakar 2026 Coordination Commission Chair Humphrey Kayange OLY; Gangwon 2024 medal design competition winner Dante Akira Uwai; Olympian Artist Annabel Eyres OLY; IOC Young Leaders Peniamina Percival OLY and Pragnya Mohan; IOC Young Reporters Yun Su Park and Yann Durand; and Dakar 2026 ambassador Elzo Jamdong, will review applications, rank designs and share their recommendation with the IOC Executive Board for validation.
The reverse of the medal will be developed by the Dakar 2026 Organising Committee and will incorporate Senegalese cultural elements alongside the YOG emblem.
“The transformative power of both art and sport”
The designer of the obverse of the Gangwon 2024 medal, Dante Akira Uwai (photo credit © IOC /Greg Martin), explained the impact that his participation in 2024 had on his life.
“A lot has changed since Gangwon. Many opportunities have opened up to me thanks to the medal design competition, especially for my career. But I think the most important change was actually internal. It was realising the transformative power of both art and sport”.
The opportunity to design the obverse of the medal was first introduced for the Singapore 2010 YOG, when Japan’s Setsuko Fukuzawa created the “Yes Youth Can” design. Since then, young designers from Slovakia, Romania, Indonesia, New Zealand and Brazil have seen their creations presented to athletes on the YOG podium. For Gangwon 2024, more than 3,000 entries from 120 countries were submitted, with Brazilian artist and architect Dante Akira Uwai selected for his design, “A Sparkling Future”.
“One thing that happened to me a lot when designing my medal was to visualise the athlete receiving it, What do I want them to feel? What do I want them to see? And when they are older and full of stories to tell, what memories should the medal bring back when they see it hanging on the wall?”
Looking back on Gangwon 2024, he added: “I think the most impactful memory was seeing the medal being awarded to an athlete for the very first time. I had imagined that scene for a whole year, and when it finally happened, it was a very, very emotional moment.”
The Dakar 2026 YOG will take place over two weeks from 31 October, bringing together the world’s best young athletes up to the age of 17. The Games will be held across three host sites: Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.
World Championships set to begin at Milan’s Idroscalo, Buonfiglio to attend opening ceremony
- CANOE SPRINT
All is set for the Canoe Sprint World Championships, which will bring around 1,400 athletes from 75 nations to the waters of Milan’s Idroscalo from Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24 August.
Twenty-four world titles will be contested, including all 16 Olympic events, in what marks the first global championship of the new Olympic cycle building towards Los Angeles 2028. The action will be formally launched on Tuesday 19 at 18:30 with the opening ceremony, attended by CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio.
For the Italian team, it promises to be five days of intense competition. The Azzurri squad (pictured, FICK) features 20 boats — 12 men’s and eight women’s crews. Wednesday’s programme is devoted entirely to heats across the 200m, 500m and 1000m distances, with further qualifying races continuing into Thursday, when the first semi-finals will also take place.
The opening finals, awarding medals over 200m and 500m, are scheduled for Friday 22 August. From the afternoon of Saturday 23, the focus turns exclusively to medal races, culminating with the 5000m events that will close the regatta on Sunday 24.
World Games: Degli Agostini takes silver in inline freestyle as Italy signs off with 57 medals
- CHENGDU 2025
The curtain has fallen on the World Games in Chengdu, China, with Italy celebrating one final flourish on the closing day.
Valerio Degli Agostini produced a standout performance in the men’s inline freestyle skating classic slalom, impressing the judges despite two penalties to slot onto the podium between a pair of home favourites. Zhang Hao struck gold, Degli Agostini claimed silver, and Wang Yuxuan completed the trio with bronze.
That result brought Italy’s final tally to 57 medals, good enough for fourth place in the overall standings, which also include para-sport events. Hosts China topped the table with 64 medals, followed by Germany and Ukraine.
Crescenzo and Rebagliati lead Italy into the World Games opener, flying start for inline hockey side and promising signs from the archers
- CHENGDU 2025
Music, colour, flags, lights, fireworks and plenty of emotion: the curtain has officially risen on the 12th edition of the World Games, staged at the striking Tianfu International Conference Centre in Chengdu, China.
The modern, eye-catching venue set the scene for a celebration marking the return of the multi-sport showcase to Asia, two decades on from Akita 2001 and Kaohsiung 2009. This year’s Games bring together athletes from across the globe, spread across 34 sports, 60 disciplines and 256 medal events. The host city, Chengdu, is a vast metropolis of over 20 million people in south-west China, capital of Sichuan province.
Italy’s delegation was fronted by flagbearers Angelo Crescenzo (karate) and Chiara Rebagliati (archery), who led the Azzurri into the arena. The team arrives with momentum after a strong showing at the last edition in the United States, where Italy captured 13 medals (three gold, six silver and four bronze), and with ambitions to once again be among the main players in emerging sports.
Early results suggest they are on track. The inline hockey national side opened their Group B campaign in emphatic style, sweeping aside Argentina 9–0. Emanuele Ferrari struck twice, with further goals from Davide Dal Sasso, Alessio Lettera, Matteo Barsanti, Pietro Ederle, Giacomo Masiero, Francesco Campulla and Lorenzo Campulla. France and the Czech Republic complete the group.
There were also encouraging signs in the archery compound ranking round — a discipline due to make its Olympic debut in Los Angeles 2028. Marco Bruno posted 709 points to finish seventh in the men’s field, while Elisa Roner scored 694 to place 13th among the women. Their combined efforts leave Italy fifth in the mixed team standings heading into the knockout phase.
Milano Cortina 2026: expanded governance, Buonfiglio joins the Board of Directors
- SPORTS DECREE
With just six months to go until the next Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina 2026, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) warmly welcomes the approval of the Decreto Sport (Sports Decree) by Parliament. The Law Decree 96/2025 includes — among other provisions — a key article that makes a significant contribution to strengthening the operational governance of the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation.
Specifically, the number of members on the Foundation’s Board of Directors has been expanded to a maximum of 18, with up to 9 members appointed by the sporting sector. This development enables CONI, at its next National Executive Board meeting scheduled for 9 September, to appoint — in accordance with Article 35 of the Olympic Charter — the CONI President, Luciano Buonfiglio, as an ex officio member of the Board.
"I would like to thank Minister Abodi for skilfully resolving what had become a rather tangled situation," said President Buonfiglio. "It could have caused serious functional issues in these final months leading up to the Games. Thanks to this decree, the Milano Cortina Organising Committee will now benefit from a streamlined appointment process for the sporting representatives, which we will ratify at the next Executive Board meeting. I look forward to joining my colleagues and continuing this extraordinary journey towards the Games together".
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