Medals continue to arrive for Italy at the Paralympic Games in Paris. Veronica Yoko Plebani, a 28-year-old from Gavardo, Brescia, won silver in the women’s ParaTriathlon PTS 2 event at Paris 2024. Gold for the American Hailey Danz, bronze for the other American Allysa Seely. For the Italian, it is the second Olympic medal, in Tokyo 2020 she had won bronze.
“The race was really tough, but I was really surprised by myself. I was really solid in all three factions. I don’t know, it’s really incredible,” said the Italian in the mixed zone. “I absolutely didn’t think I could do it, I have trouble believing in myself but this year I learned this too and I believed in it so much during the race. And then having my friends, all of them, cheering me on the whole time…” At least eighty people came to France to watch her race from the stands: “It was an incredible shower of love. There was a bit of cheering in Tokyo too, but seeing friendly faces is everything, I really had an incredible crowd. It motivated me so much.”
Super triathlon, silver medal also for Francesca Tarantello
But the triathlon has reserved other satisfactions for Italy. Francesca Tarantello, guided by Silvia Visaggi, has in fact won the silver medal in the PTVI triathlon. Tarantello, in her debut in a Paralympic Games, finished the race in 1h06’43”, behind only the Spanish Susana Rodriguez, gold in 1h04’19”, and preceding the German Anja Renner, bronze in 1h08’21”.
Bronze in Mixed Team Archery
Podium for Italy also in the ParaArchery Mixed Team W1 competition. The Italian pair formed by Daila Dameno and Paolo Tonon won the bronze medal by beating the South Koreans Kim Okgeum and Park Hong Jo by 134-132 in the final for third and fourth place.
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– 2024-09-08 20:17:14
