A magical moment.
Three days after the conclusion of Tokyo 2020 and with the 4x100 in the final tomorrow with the fourth time, it is already an unforgettable Olympics for the Italian athletics, the new gold factory of Italy.
In the Queen of the Games,
Italy conquers the third victory of its adventure in Japan, with a triumphal march
.
This time the story becomes a splendid reality in Sapporo, a thousand kilometers north of Tokyo, on the island of Hokkaido, where
Massimo Stano, 29-year-old computer programmer from Palo del Colle
dominates and wins in the 20 km walk.
Yamanishi and goes to take the victory
and then celebrate it with his thumb in his mouth: Sophie was born in February, and dad wants to dedicate his most beautiful victory to her, "to her and my wife Fatima who bears me". And, in perfect Olympic spirit and in homage to the effort made also by the opponents, the Italian passionate about Japanese culture (when destiny is said ...) awaits the two rivals after the finish line to greet them with a bow, a gesture so usual that this part.
Viviana Bottaro is bronze medal in karate
, kata specialty, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The blue won the final for third place against the American Sakura Kokumai. It is the first Olympic medal for Italy in this sport, which entered the Olympic program in Tokyo.
Elia Viviani won the bronze medal in the
track
cycling Omnium
of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In Rio 2016 in the same discipline (but with six tests instead of four) The Italian flag bearer in Tokyo 2020 had won gold. "I'm sorry I lost the silver on the last lap": so, to Rai's microphones, Elia Viviani, bronze in the track cycling Omnium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "I had given - added the blue flag bearer - everything before . To see how he started, however we have to celebrate and we have to enjoy this bronze ".
Business of Gregorio Paltrinieri
.
The blue is bronze medal in the 10 kilometers of cross-country swimming.
Paltrinieri, who has recently defeated mononucleosis, had already obtained silver in the 800 meters freestyle.
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: only the Hungarian Sandor Totka preceded the blue. , gold with 45 thousandths of a second.
Italy qualified for the final of the 4x100
with a time of 37''95, a new Italian record (the previous one was 38''11) and fourth time among the eight of the qualified teams. Out of the final the US relay, only sixth in the battery run by the Azzurri. Better than the Patta-Jacobs-Desalu-Tortu quartet were Jamaica (37''82), China (37''92) and Canada with the same tempo. Great Britain (38''02), Japan (38''16) and the fished-out Germany (38''06) and Ghana (38''08) will also race in the final.
The blue Frank Chamizo lost his semi-final of
the -74 kilos category
fight
at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and will play the final for the bronze tomorrow. Chamizo was beaten 7-9 by the Belarusian Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau. After the gold of the fight escaped in Rio, Frank Chamizo's dream of revenge is interrupted in the semi-final of Tokyo 2020 "Maybe it's not for me, maybe I haven't worked hard enough, but I don't give up - said the Italian with great bitterness. -cubano at RaiSport - I can't explain what is happening at the moment, I can't explain it ".
