Time.news – They arrive three medals for Italy on the fourth day of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Gold is missing, it is true, so far only one out of 12 medals, but the overall loot is definitely satisfactory with five silvers and six bronzes. On the first Tuesday of the Japanese Olympics, however, he seemed bewitched by the blue colors, with the two woods of Thomas Ceccon in the 100 backstroke and Stefanie Horn in the slalom canoe, really close to the podium. But in the afternoon the music changed.
The enterprise of Maria Centracchio
He thought about unlocking the Italian medal table the Molise Maria Centracchio with a bronze wanted and pursued in the 63 kg category of judo. At the Nippon Budokan the blue was almost perfect, defeated only in the semifinals by the Olympian Tina Trstenjak, but then able to redeem herself immediately by beating the Dutch Juul Franssen. “I still struggle to realize what happened – commented the 26-year-old from Isernia – when they gave the third penalty to my opponent I didn’t understand immediately. I fought giving my all without thinking about what would be next. ”
The revenge of the sword
The blue of the sword also gave their best, leaving disappointed in the individual test. After the victory against the Russian team and the defeat in the semifinals against Estonia, Rossella Fiamingo, Mara Navarria, Federica Isola and Alberta Santuccio were able to gather the energy to take the bronze leaving China surprisingly off the podium. “We wanted this medal more than anything else”, underlined Fiamingo to whom Isola echoed: “I felt the responsibility of having to end the match, but I didn’t feel alone thanks to the three of them. This is the team medal” . In the evening, when the day seemed over, a precious silver from weightlifting arrived, the second medal for a federation in great shape.
The weights on the shields
After Mirko Zanni, this time it was Giorgia Bordignon to rejoice with a perfect test in the 64 kg category, with 6 valid races out of 6. For her 104 of snatch, 128 of momentum and a total of 232 kg of total. “I heard President Malagò on the phone and we cried together, we couldn’t talk – declared the president of Fipe Antonio Urso – This medal goes beyond history, being the first Italian woman on the podium in five circles”.
The wooden medals
Three Italian medals therefore, but also three wooden medals because in the evening the fourth place of the blue gymnasts arrived, world bronze in charge and also finished in Tokyo one step away from the podium: in the team competition dominated by the Russian representative (169,528) in front to the United States (166,096) orphans of a Simone Biles in physical and psychological difficulties, Italy closed with an excellent 163,368, just a few tenths from the bronze of Great Britain (164,096).
Shadows and lights from swimming
In the swimming day with lights and shadows: Federica Pellegrini responded to the difficulties of the heats in a great way by seizing the qualification for the final of the 200 style with the 7th time; Gregorio Paltrinieri, a veteran of mononucleosis, struggled so much to snatch the pass for the 800 final with the 8th time, in the same battery as a still disappointing and eliminated Detti; Ceccon and Miressi confirmed their excellent form in the 100 style heats and Federico Burdisso was ready to fight for the podium in the 200 butterfly.
Camila’s tale continues
Camila Giorgi is still very good too, who surprised Karolina Pliskova by breaking the ticket for the quarters in a scoreboard of singular orphan also of the darling of the house Naomi Osaka. Tomorrow the Ukrainian Svitolina will challenge in the quarterfinals, again against the odds but with the medals one step away. In team competitions women’s volleyball is still doing well: after dominating against the Russian team, the Italians beat Turkey 3-1. Second victory, this time against the Japanese Ishijima / Shiratori, also for the vice Olympic champions Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai. Draw in comeback for Settebello against Greece, while the adventure of the 3×3 basketball girls, defeated in the quarters by China, is over.
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