I SWIM. Nicolò Martinenghi won the bronze medal in the 100 breaststroke final at the Tokyo Games! The blue finished in 58 “33. Gold went to the British Adam Peaty (57” 37), silver to the Dutch Arno Kamminga (58 “00).
First silver in swimming. Super the relay in the blue 4×100 which ranks second, behind the United States and ahead of Australia. Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo they finished in 3’10 “11, beaten only by the stars and stripes time of 3’08” 97.
Stefano Dance e Stefano Of Cola knockout in the semifinal of the 200 freestyle, but I think about it Martina Carraro to keep the blue honor high by reaching the final in the 100 breaststroke finals. Thomas Ceccon third in battery in the semifinals of the 100 backstrokes: he enters the final with the fourth fastest time. Margherita Panziera eliminated in the semifinal of the 100 backstroke.
The joy of the bronze athlete. “I have always dreamed of those final 15 meters in every training session,” said Martinenghi at the end of the race. «I want to dedicate this medal to many people: to my team, family, girlfriend, friends and those who have been close to me even with just a message. But there is an extra special dedication to my first coach, Franco: he is experiencing a bit of a difficult moment and I hope this medal will help him a lot. At any moment I will probably understand what I did, how important this medal is. For now I enjoy the moment, I’m surfing on a very high wave and I can only continue to surf it – explained the blue – Last night I struggled to fall asleep, so many thoughts went through my head. Also recalling the winning tradition of the Italian frog: I am delighted to have entered this Olympus. My goal was this and now I can say it. I knew I could play for something good and so it was ».
TENNIS. beautiful Camila Giorgi in the Italian night: third round won thanks to the peremptory 6-3 / 6-1 trimmed to Vesnina.
TAEKWONDO. The first blue smile in the morning is given by Simone Alessio from Sellia Marina (-80 kg). Against the Brazilian Soares, the blue athlete passes the turn for the referee stop contest when the match was downhill anyway (22-3).
SKATEBOARD. Asia Lanzi failed to qualify for the street final. The only Italian present in skateboarding, a discipline on her Olympic debut, closed the qualifying heats in 14th place with a score of 6.13.
SKEET. Diana Bacosi in his first series on the second qualifying day he brings home a comforting 24/25 (99/100 overall), paired with the Chinese Wei. At 5.30 his last 25 targets of the qualification.
Among men 25/25 in the first series for Tammaro Cassandro: the blue is at 99/100 and he too will close the qualification at 5. 30 Italian.
FENCING. Bitter saber for the blues. In the first round, two of the three Italians competing were immediately eliminated. Rossella Gregorio was defeated 15-12 by the Russian Pozdniakova, Martina Criscio from the Korean Yoon 15-11. Irene Vecchi she is the only Italian who has passed the first round. Daniele Garozzo arrives in the round of 16 of the Olympic men’s foil draw. The blue beat the Egyptian Mohamed Hassan with a score of 15-6.
TRIATHLON. The Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt won gold in the triathlon at the Olympics, finishing the race in 1h45’04 “. Silver for the British Alex Yee, bronze for the New Zealander Hayden Wilde. Difficult test for the two blue riders competing at the Odaiba Marine Park. Gianluca Pozzatti with 1h 49’14 “he ranked 37th while Delian Stateff closed the triptych of races 39th (1h50’00 “).
Main events Monday 26th July
I swim
Nicolò Martinenghi (final 100 meters breaststroke) at 04:12
Federica Pellegrini (200m freestyle heat) 12.09
Simona Quadarella (1500 meters freestyle) 13.44 hours
Volley
Italy-Poland (men’s race) 7.20
Tennis
Sonego-Basilashvili (men’s singles competition) 05.30
Fognini-Gerasimov (men’s singles competition) 05.30
Women’s boxing
Head-Walsh 07.27
Taekwondo
Simone Alessio-Martins-Soares 3.15 (80 kg)
Judo
Fabio Basile-An (-53 kg) 05.36 hours
Skeet shooting
Diana Bacosi (ore 7.30)
Tammaro Cassandro (ore 9.30)
Full program on Monday 26th JULY
02.00 Skeet shooting – Women’s skeet and men’s skeet
The blues of skeet shooting
The blue team flies to Tokyo with several arrows in its bow. These the passes obtained: men’s 50 meters free 3-position rifle (conquered by Nicolo Frame and yes Lorenzo Bacci), men’s 10-meter compressed air rifle (conquered by Marco Suppini), men’s 25-meter automatic pistol (conquered by Riccardo Mazzetti e Tommaso Chelli), men’s 10-meter pistol (conquered by Paolo Monna), free rifle 3 positions 50 meters female (conquered by Sofia Ceccarello), male trap (conquered by Mauro de Filippis), female trap (conquered by Jessica Rossi e Silvana Tired), male skeet (summoned Tammaro Cassandro e Gabriele Rossetti), female skeet (summoned Diana Bacosi e Chiara Cainero).
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03.30 I swim – 100 female butterfly, 100 male frog, 400 female sl, 4 × 100 male sl
The Italy of swimming:
These are the numerous athletes (and blue teams) qualified for Tokyo 2020: Domenico Acerenza (1500 freestyle), Stefano Ballo (4×200 freestyle relay), Ilaria Bianchi (100 butterfly), Federico Burdisso (200 butterfly), Martina Rita Caramignoli (1500 freestyle), Giacomo Carini (200 butterfly), Martina Carraro (100 rana), Arianna Castiglioni (4×100 mixed relay), Thomas Ceccon (100 back), Matteo Ciampi (4×200 freestyle relay), Santo Yuko Condorelli (4×100 freestyle relay), Ilaria Cusinato (200 and 400 mixed), Gabriele Detti (400 freestyle), Marco De Tullio (400 freestyle), Stefano Di Cola (4×200 freestyle relay), Elena Di Liddo (4×100 mixed relay, possibility in the 100 butterfly), Francesca Fangio (200 rana), Sara Franceschi (400 mixed), Manual Fridge (4×100 freestyle relay), Nicolò Martinenghi (100 rana), Anna Chiara Mascolo (4×200 freestyle relay), Pier Andrea Matteazzi (400 mixed), Filippo Megli (4×200 freestyle relay), Alessandro Miressi (100 freestyle and 4×100 freestyle relay), Gregorio Paltrinieri (800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle), Margherita Panziera (200 back), Federica Pellegrini (200 freestyle), Benedetta Pilato (100 rana), Stefania Pirozzi (4×200 freestyle relay), Federico Poggio (100 rana), Simona Quadarella (800 and 1500 freestyle), Alberto Razzetti (200 mixed), Matteo Restivo (200 back), Simone Sabbioni (4×100 mixed), Giulia Vetrano (4×200 freestyle relay), Lorenzo Zazzeri (4×100 freestyle relay), 4×200 women’s freestyle, 4×100 mixed women, Men’s 4×100 freestyle, 4×200 men’s freestyle, 4×100 mixed men, 4×100 mista mixed.
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06.45 Archery – men’s teams
The blue team will be at the start of all competitions except the men’s team trial.
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07.00 Canoe slalom – C1 male
07.20 Men’s volleyball – key match for the Azzurri, against the favorite Poland.
ITALY
The blue team snatched the pass for three of the four in program: K-1 female slalom (con Stefanie Horn), C-1 slalom gives (with Marta Bertoncelli), K-1 slalom men (with Giovanni De Gennaro).
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08.00 Mountain bike – Cross-country maschile
ITALY
The men’s blue team finished in second place (behind Switzerland) in the ranking made official by the UCI and brings three athletes: Luca Braidot, Gerhard Kerschbaumer, Nadir Colledani. In the women’s field, on the other hand, a pass arrived thanks to the ninth place in the ranking for nations. It will be up to Eva Lechner, fourth overall in the individual ranking.
Four Olympic cards arrive #ItaliaTeam (three in the men and one in the women) in Mountain Bike thanks to the positions occupied in the UCI ranking by Luca Braidot, Gerhard Kerschbaumer, Nadir Colledani and Eva Lechner! ? ♀️ #RoadToTokyo | @Federciclismo pic.twitter.com/p2HfGhleaI
— ItaliaTeam (@ItaliaTeam_it) May 25, 2021
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08.00 Diving – 10 m male sync
ITALY
The blue team secured two spots on the individual women’s 10-meter platform, thanks to the eighth place of Noemi Batki at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships and at the fifth of Sarah Jodoin Di Maria in the World Cup in Tokyo. Italy also qualified a couple in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard (with Elena Bertocchi and Chiara Pellacani) and in the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard (with Giovanni Tocci and Lorenzo Marsaglia). Marsaglia will also be present in the individual 3-meter springboard.
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10.00 Judo – 57 kg for women and 73 kg for men
ITALY
There will be 8 Italians in Tokyo: Manuel Lombardo (66 kg), Fabio Basile (73 kg), Christin Talk to you (81 kg), Nicholas Mungai (90 kg), Francesca Milani (48 kg), Odette Giuffrida (52 kg), Maria Centracchio (63 kg), Alice Bellandi (70 kg)
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11.00 Fencing – Female saber and male foil
ITALY
The blue team flies to Tokyo in full ranks: in fact, the teams of all weapons, both male and female, have qualified. It happens for the first time and only the United States has been able to do the same. Here are the players called up. Men’s foil, individual match and team match: Andrea Cassarà, Alessio Foconi, Daniele Garozzo. Team competition reserve: Giorgio Avola. Women’s foil, individual match and team match: Martina Batini, Arianna Errigo, Alice Volpi. Team competition reserve: Erica Cipressa. Men’s sword, individual competition and team competition: Marco Fichera, Enrico Garozzo, Andrea Santarelli. Team competition reserve: Gabriele Cimini. Women’s sword, individual competition and team competition: Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola, Mara Navarria. Team competition reserve: Alberta Santuccio. Men’s saber, individual competition and team competition: Enrico Berrè, Luca Curatoli, Luigi Samele. Team competition reserve: Aldo Montano. Women’s saber, individual competition and team competition: Martina Criscio, Rossella Gregorio, Irene Vecchi. Team competition reserve: Michela Battiston.
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12.00 Artistic gymnastics – Men’s teams
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12.00 Taekwondo – 67 kg for women and 80 kg for men
ITALY
The qualified blues are Vito Dell’Aquila (fresh off the gold medal, category -58 kg) e Simone Alessio (in the -80 kg). In Rio 2016 we had no representatives in this discipline.
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12.50 Weights – 55 kg female
ITALY
There are five Italian athletes competing in Tokyo 2020: Antonino Pizzolato (category 81 kg), Mirko Zanni (67 kg), Davide Ruiu (61 kg), Maria Grazia Alemanno (59 kg), Giorgia Bordignon (64 kg).
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13.00 Table tennis – mixed double, bronze and gold finish
ITALY
Italy is represented in Tokyo by Debora Vivarelli, who snatched the Olympic pass through the ranking.
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23.30 Triathlon – women’s competition
ITALY
Italy is represented by two men and three women, and four of them (the two men and two of the three women) will also take part in the mixed relay. These are the players called: Gianluca Pozzatti, Delian Stateff, Alice Betto, Angelica Olmo, Verena Seinhauser. Alessandro Fabian, 10th in London 2012 and 14th in Rio 2016, is a reserve.
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