On the third to last day of competition ai Tokyo 2020 Games Italy confirms itself at the top of the Olympus of the 20km march, thanks to gold won by the Apulian walker Antonella Palmisano at the end of his extraordinary race closed in 1h29: 12. And so, after the top step of the podium reached up yesterday from the walker Massimo Stano, silver won from Rizza in the canoe and the three bronzes won in swimming with Paltrinieri, With nell’Omnium Viviani and in karate with Bottaro, the Olympic medal table of Italy reaches altitude 36 official medals. But thanks to the qualification of the karateka Luigi Busà, another certain medal for Italy is looming on the horizon. The podium is certain: it is not known whether the “Gorilla d’Avola” will win gold, silver or bronze. But that’s enough to mark the history of the Olympics. The Azzurri in Tokyo 2020 have already beaten the record of 36 medals of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and that of the 1960 Rome Games. In the general ranking of Tokyo 2020, Italy is temporarily eighth, with 8 ori, 10 silver and 18 bronzes. Great expectations for this afternoon’s final (at 3:50 pm Italian time) of the men’s 4 × 100 relay with Desalu, Tortu, Patta and the Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs.
Athletics, it is the final for the 4 × 400 relay
With the new Italian record of 2: 58.91, Italy managed to gain access to the final of the mixed 4 × 400 relay. The blue quartet obtained the first repechage time.
Safe medal for the karateka Luigi Busà
Luigi Busà, the 33-year-old Sicilian already two times world champion and five times European champion, beat the Azerbaijani Rafael Aghayev, conquering the safe podium in kumite -75 kg. He will compete for access to the final for gold against the Ukrainian Stanislav Horuna.
Chamizo’s podium fades in free wrestling
The Italo-Cuban Frank Chamizo was beaten by the American Dake in the final for third place in the -74 kg category in wrestling.
Baldassarri takes off the pass for the final in rhythmic gymnastics
With the sixth partial place and 96.050 points conquered in the qualifying phase, the blue Milena Baldassarri breaks the pass for tomorrow’s final in rhythmic gymnastics in the individual All Around specialty. On the other hand, the blue Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, classified in eleventh position, fails to center the qualification.
Balm and Paternoster octaves in track cycling
The blue Elisa Balsamo and Letizia Paternoster, already winners of the world bronze medal, finished eighth in women’s track cycling. The gold medal was won by Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald of Great Britain, silver to the Danish Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth, and bronze to Russian cyclists Mariia Novolodskaia and Gulnaz Khatuntseva.
Fight, Conyedo Ruano hopes in the repechage for the bronze
In the wrestling, for the -97kg category, Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Ruano was beaten by the American Kyle Snyder. The Italian-Cuban blue is hoping for a repechage for one of the two finals for the bronze: he will have to beat Canadian Jordan Steen.
Karate, Busato does not enter the second phase
The Olympic adventure of karateka Mattia Busato ended with a fourth place in group B of the elimination phase, thus remaining excluded from the three finalists in the race for medals, just 57 cents from Venezuelan Diaz Fernandez, third classified for the final.
50km walk, nothing for the Azzurri to do
The Polish Dawid Tomala triumphed in 3h50’08 ”in the 50 km walk test in Sapporo. In second place was the German Jonathan Hilbert, and in third the Canadian Evan Dunfee. Nothing to do for the Azzurri in the race: De Luca and Caporaso retired during the race. Best performance for Andrea Agrusti who closes the race finishing 23rd.
