At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Italy is silver medal in the men's saber team event. In the final for the gold, the Azzurri - Luca Curatoli, Aldo Montano, Enrico Berrè, with Luigi Samele reserve - were clearly defeated by Korea, who won 45 to 26.
"The strongest team won, it was a day on the 'eight-wheeler. With the semifinal masterpiece with Iran where Aldo's leave was something we will remember ". Thus Federscherma president Paolo Azzi, at the end of the Olympic team saber final lost against South Korea: "We knew that the pace of the Koreans is tremendous for anyone. But this is not the defeat that hurts. For the gold medal. we would have needed something special ", added the number one of the FIS.
Federica Pellegrini finished her last 200 freestyle Olympic final in seventh place
. The blue is so far the only swimmer to have qualified for five Olympic finals in the same distance. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Italy is bronze medal in 4 without rowing. The blue crew, made up of Matteo Castaldo, Matteo Lodo, Marco Di Costanzo and Giuseppe Vicino, arrived behind Australia and Romania. Shortly before going into the water, Italy had to replace Bruno Rosetti, the first Italian who tested positive for covid, with Di Costanzo. Federico Burdisso is bronze medal in the final of the 200 dolphin. Gold was won by the Hungarian Milak, the silver by the Japanese Honda.
"It was a nice journey, many years of strokes: I enjoyed it from start to finish". Federica Pellegrini tries not to cry, but she can't hold back her tears after the seventh place in the final of the 200 style, "the last of my career". "In a few days I will be 33, it is the right moment, he told RaiSport -: I thank all those who cheered me and woke up at night to follow me from Italy".
"What now? But I have so many things to do now." Federica Pellegrini says goodbye to swimming, at least that of the highest international level with her last Olympic final of the 200 freestyle. "First of all - concludes the Divine - to go home that everyone is waiting for me, to celebrate my birthday because 33 is an important age, then we have to let the athletes vote for the IOC, in September, hopefully also November there it will be the Isl in Naples, then a docufilm will be released, then a book is planned, then the recordings of Italia's got talent ".
"If Matteo hadn't been there, I probably would have stopped a few years ago".
After the Olympic farewell, Federica Pellegrini speaks openly for the first time about her private, 'formalizing' the engagement with the coach Giunta.
"Matteo - said the blue to Tg1, after the final of the 200 freestyle. He was a great coach and a special life partner, I hope he will be in the future too. The priority was to keep the image of the coach and of the 'separated athlete and we were very good at this. She was a fundamental person, one of the most important in this human and sporting path. "
Simona Quadarella finished in fifth place the final of the 1500 style at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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The gold was won by the American Katie Ledecky
Italy finished the men's 4x200 freestyle relay in fifth place
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The blue quartet - Stefano Ballo, Matteo Ciampi, Filippo Megli and Stefano Di Cola - finished behind Great Britain (gold), Russia (silver) and Australia (bronze).
The United States is fourth.
Great start of the competition of the shooter Jessica Rossi, one of the two Italian flag bearers in the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020, today engaged in the Trap test, or Olympic pit, of the Games.
The blue made no mistakes and leads the elimination standings with 25/25.
The other blue Silvana Stanco is sixth, a position which, if maintained, would also guarantee her access to tomorrow's final.
It is already a historic medal for Italian women's boxing.
Irma Testa is in the semifinal, and therefore at least bronze, in Tokyo 2020 in the featherweight category.
The Filipino Nesthy Petecio will be Irma Testa's opponent in the Tokyo 2020 women's featherweight semifinal. The Asian defeated Colombian Yeni Marcela Arias in another of the quarter-final matches.
The Testa-Petecio match is scheduled for Saturday, July 31, at 13.39 Tokyo time, when in Italy it will be 06.39.
Alessandro Miressi hits the qualification for the final of the 100 freestyle of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with the third time (47''52).
Out instead the other Italian Thomas Ceccon, who closes with the 12th time.
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Italy is in the semifinal of the men's saber team event. In the quarter-finals the blue quartet - Luca Curatoli, Luigi Samele, Enrico Berrè (Aldo Montano reserve - defeated Iran 45-44 with the last, decisive thrust by Curatoli. In the semifinal the Italians will challenge Hungary which has eliminated the United States.
