Gregorio Paltrinieri's feat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The blue is a bronze medal in the 10-kilometer cross-country swimming. Paltrinieri, who has recently defeated mononucleosis, had already obtained silver in the 800 meters freestyle. The 10-kilometer swimming test was won by the German Florian Wellbrock, who won the gold medal with a time of 1h48'33 "7; second, and silver medal, the Hungarian Kristóf Rasovszky, who closed with a delay of 25 "3; Paltrinieri, bronze medalist, completed the test at 51 "2 from the winner. It is the first time in the history of the Games that a blue athlete has won two medals between swimming pool (silver) and open water (bronze).
"I'm happy, it was the best I could do, the right reward after two months of hell - the Italian's comment -. Today was difficult, that wasn't my goal, but I come home with two medals and I'm I was very concentrated, this trip had not yet satisfied me, I fought hard to get a medal. I leave with two laurels, it was the best I could do. Now I can say that I am satisfied, because I did my best. I knew that today I had to put my all into it ".
Rizza d'argeno in the canoe
The blue Manfredi Rizza is silver medal in the sprint canoe, in the K1 200 meters, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. To establish the order of arrival, the photo finish was necessary: to precede the blue only the Hungarian Sandor Totka, gold with 45 thousandths of a second.