At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,
Italy is gold medal in the men's pursuit of cycling on pist
a
.
In the final for the first place the blue quartet - Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan - overtook Denmark.
For Italy it is the sixth gold in Tokyo 2020.
Olympic gold with world record
for the blue quartet in the pursuit of track cycling.
The Azzurri beat Denmark with a time of 3'42 '' 032, improving the record set yesterday, 3'42 '' 307, and beating Denmark by just 166 thousandths.
In free fall on gold:
Filippo Ganna towed Italy to the Olympic victory of the team pursuit of track cycling, convincing everyone with his speed that we should not be satisfied with the safe silver
. "Since last night we wanted to do something great. We knew we had a good parachute - he says referring to the duo final with Denmark -, but we went in free fall until the great result".
"A World Championship or a European give you light, but an Olympic gold illuminates all sport, and track cycling needs it".
"I am the happiest man in the world, I have tears in my eyes".
Davide Cassani, coordinator of all the national cycling teams, answers excitedly, on the phone with ANSA, after the gold with world record won by the blue quartet in the team pursuit. "I really enjoyed it" adds Cassani, without doubting even when Denmark accumulated an advantage of over eight tenths, "because I knew that the final break was entrusted to Ganna". Is it a victory that the coach feels his too, despite the Italians' flop on the road? "It is truly the victory of a group, I won't add anything else", he concludes.
"We are euphoric.
We knew that the team could do it, even if you never get used to success." Joy burst from all pores Daniela Trisconi, mother of Filippo Ganna, the leader of the blue quartet who won gold in the pursuit in Tokyo. A success that triggered the party in Vignone, 1,200 souls behind Verbania, where Ganna was born and raised. "With this gold medal Filippo is on the top of the world - underlines the woman on the phone with ANSA -, because the Olympics have a particular meaning, even if all of Filippo's victories are beautiful".
"Gold and world record, what a fantastic success!
Francesco, Simone, Jonathan and Filippo: you have achieved yet another extraordinary feat of Italian sport!".
Thus, in a tweet, the Undersecretary for Sport, Valentina Vezzali.
"Congratulations to you and @ Federciclismo. We are living a dream sports summer. Thank you !!", concludes Vezzali.
Meanwhile, after the Italian men's basketball, men's and women's volleyball teams, the men's water polo team was also eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics
.
Settebello coached by Sandro Campagna was defeated by Serbia 10-6 (5-2; 4-1; 0-1; 1-2).
In women's volleyball in the quarter-finals the blues were clearly defeated by Serbia for three sets to zero (25-21, 25-14, 25-21 the partials).