At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics the Italian athletics writes a historical page by winning three medals in the women’s 100 meters. On the top step of the podium Ambra Sabatini, 19 years old from Livorno and living in Porto Ercole (Grosseto), who with 14”11 set the world record. Silver to Martina Caironi, 31 years old from Alzano Lombardo (Bergamo) and living in Bologna (14”46) and bronze to Monica Graziana Contrafatto, 40 years old from Gela (Caltanissetta) and resident in Rome (14”73). Italy thus reaches the 69 medals at these Games.
The dedication to Afghanistan
After the triumph, the bronze winner, Counterfeit, dedicated her success to Afghanistan, a country where she served as a soldier in 2012. “I want to dedicate my medal to that other country that took something away from me but in reality I has given so much », the athlete said to the microphones of Rai Sport referring to the Middle Eastern country. During her operation she was hit in the leg by shrapnel from an exploded bomb. For injuries also to the femoral artery, intestine and hand, Counterfeit suffered the amputation of his right leg.
