2024-07-28 08:17:40
PARIS. Olympic debut of Barbara Gambarothe 32 year old shooter from Silandro, engaged in the 10 meter rifle team with his partner Danilo Sollazzo: 17th place in the qualifications. The athlete will return tomorrow for the singles competition and on August 1st for the 50-meter rifle, “his” competition.
The early elimination of the swordsman Rossella Fleming and a podium just missed by the Italian pair in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard diving: these are the two biggest Italian disappointments of the first morning at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which opened with two golds won by the Chinese battleship.
For Italy, however, good news comes from swimming with the two 4 x 100 freestyle relay who have gained access to tonight’s finals. In the women’s individual épée event, the Italian Fiamingo (silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in the team event in Tokyo 2020) was surprised in her first match, in the round of 32, by the American Cebula, who scored the decisive blow for 15-14 in the extra minute.
Giulia Rizzi was also eliminated, while the only Italian survivor was Alberta Santuccio, who qualified for the eighth-finals. The same intermediate finish line was reached in the men’s sabre by Luigi Samele (silver in Tokyo) and Luca Curatoli, who will face each other in the Italian derby scheduled for around 3:00 pm. The third Italian in the competition, Michele Gllo, was eliminated.
In diving the Italians Elena Bertocchi and Chiara Pellecani they only just missed the podium, finishing about nine points behind the British Harper-Mew Jensen, bronze. Silver for the USA and gold, as usual, for China, which also triumphed in the first ever final of the Paris Games, the 10-meter rifle mixed pair. In swimming, the Italian relay teams gained access to the medal race, with the eighth time (the last available) for the women, with the sixth for the men. The women’s final is scheduled for 9:34 pm, ten minutes later for the men’s, with Italy, which won silver in Tokyo. And in the 100 breaststroke, two Italians gained access to the semifinals: Nicolò Martinenghi and Ludovico Viberti. In judo, Andrea Carlino was eliminated in the eighth finals in the -60 kg category, while Assunta Scutto (-48 kg) lost in the quarterfinals, seeing her dreams of gold vanish. The Italian judoka was defeated 10-0 by the Swedish Tara Babulfath and will now fight for the repechage, from which there is the possibility of reaching the bronze medal final at most.
2024-07-28 08:17:40