The azure adventure ai Tokyo 2020 Games. After yesterday’s bad day for team disciplines, with both volleyball selections and Settebello eliminated, in the evening they think about it Gregorio Paltrinieri and Manfredi Rizza to revive the spirits. For the swimmer, that conquest bronze in the 10km, second medal in this edition, while in the K1 200 canoe it is history with thesilver by Manfredi Rizza. The medal table of the Italian expedition reaches 35 (7 golds, 16 silvers and 18 bronzes) with the splendid gold medal in the 20km walk scope at home from the Apulian Massimo Stano and with the bronze conquered in the Omnium by Elia Viviani. Another great performance comes from karate, where the Genoese Viviana Bottaro in kata gets the bronze medal.
Athletics: blue out of the 4 × 400 final
With a time of 3:27:74, the blue of the women’s 4 × 400 improves the seasonal time but fails to access the final. The quartet Chigbolu, Mangione, Nardelli and Borga is seventh in the battery.
Fight: Chamizo’s dream of the final fades
The adventure in Japan for Frank Chamizo stops here. The blue wrestler, engaged in the 74kg category, was beaten 9 to 7 by the Belarusian Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau, he will play tomorrow in the final for the bronze medal.
Athletics: Carl Lewis attacks the US sprinters
After the sixth place in the second battery of the men’s 4 × 100 relay, the sprinters of the USA were excluded from the final. With the result below expectations, the criticisms come, among which those of the former Olympic champion Carl Lewis. “Unacceptable. In this relay the US quartet got it all wrong. The baton passing system was wrong, the athletes were running wrong and it was clear that there was no leadership. It doesn’t even happen among high school students, ”commented the“ Son of the Wind ”.
Diving: Di Maria outside 10 meters
Didn’t make it Sarah Jodoin of Maria. From the 10-meter platform the blue does not enter the final finishing 14th with 294.00 points.
Karate: Bottaro on the hunt for bronze
Positive news from the tatami for Viviana Bottare, in the final for the bronze medal. The Genoese karateka will face the American Sakura Kokumai after losing to the hostess Shimizu. Bad luck, however, for Angelo Crescenzo: the blue retired after the first fight due to injury and his Olympic adventure ends here.
Fight: Chamizo ahead in 74kg
Frank Chamizo flies to the semifinals by beating Azerbaijani Turan Bayramov 2-1. To continue chasing his second career Olympic medal, the blue will have to face the Belarusian Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau, who eliminated the American favorite Kyle Douglas Drake. Appointment from 11.10 Italian time.
Skate: Mazzara and Federico eliminated
Here ends the Olympic adventure in Japan for the skaters Mazzarra and Federico. The Azzurri were both eliminated from the park.
Athletics: for the boys and girls of the 4 × 100 it is a double Italian record
With 42 ″ 84 the blue quartet of the women’s 4 × 100 made up of Siragusa, Hooper, Bongiorno and Fontana, set the new Italian record. Unfortunately the qualification fades with sixth place in the battery. In the men’s heats, Patta, Jacobs, Desalu and Tortu stop the time trial at 37 ″ 95, accessing the final and also establishing the Italian record. Unfortunately, no medals for Andrea Dallavalle in the triple jump. Nothing final even from the women’s high jump: the blue Elena Vallortigara and Alessia Tros do not exceed 1.95 and 1.93 meters respectively.
