Unusual. The team of cyclists of Italia suffered an absurd accident in the decisive stretch of the final of madison masculino of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In the penultimate sprint, the peninsulars had to regret a fall that left Simone Consonnibrother of Chiara Consonni, winner of gold in the women’s madison 24 hours earlier.
A completely avoidable fall. Elia Viviani He took Consonni by the hand to hurry him in the fight for the gold medal and the latter finished falling heavily to the ground.
Despite the incident, Consonni quickly got up and with the help of his technical team managed to return to the competition. Despite showing some pain on his face, the Italian focused and managed to seal an Olympic silver medal for his country.
Note that Italy was leading the standings as the 200-lap race entered its final stretch, but with the peloton split into pieces, Portugal He launched a sensational attack, won three consecutive sprints and took home a historic gold.
The Portuguese recorded 55 points compared to Italy’s 47, while DenmarkThe defending champion took bronze with 41 points.
Italy’s track cycling accident at the Olympics
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