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Tenth day for the Paris Olympic Games. Italy’s first medal from athletics thanks to Nadia Battocletti, who won bronze in the 5000m after the disqualification of Kenyan Kipyegon, although there is an ongoing appeal. In artistic gymnastics, a fantastic Alice D’Amato won gold on the beam. Manila Esposito took bronze. Another gold medal also came from the mixed skeet shooting, with the duo Diana Bacosi-Gabriele Rossetti. The Italian men’s volleyball team advanced to the semifinals, coming back to defeat Japan. In the semifinals of the 200m, Tortu and Desalu. In the morning, another dive in the Seine for the triathlon athletes, with the mixed team relay finishing sixth. Meanwhile, Belgium has withdrawn its team from the mixed triathlon races, claiming that athlete Claire Michel contracted E. coli from the Seine dive. Attention is also on Gianmarco Tamberi, who arrived in Paris after recent health issues: “I will get on the runway, my kidney hurts less.”
Yesterday was a historic gold for the duo Sara Errani-Jasmine Paolini in women’s doubles: it is the first Olympic gold for Italy in tennis. Gregorio Paltrinieri won silver in the 1500m freestyle: he is the most decorated Italian swimmer of all time. Silver also for the men’s foil team, defeated in the final by Japan. In the men’s 100 meters, Marcell Jacobs honorably defended his Tokyo gold: fifth in 9.85, six hundredths short of bronze. It was Nole Djokovic’s first Olympic gold in his legendary career: the Serbian defeated Spanish Carlos Alcaraz in two sets.
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