Olympic title and new world record for the Verbanese champion and for Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan: Denmark is annihilated in the final
The sixth Italian gold medal comes from track cycling a Tokyo 2020: Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan win the five-circle laurel by beating the quartet of Denmark, also updating the world record already improved in the semifinals: 3’42 “032 the time, almost two tenths better than the Danes, who can do nothing especially in front of a space Ganna in the last kilometer.
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There are no adjectives, on the contrary, there is only to bow to Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan, extraordinary Olympic champions, from today, of the track pursuit. The blue quartet, who had already improved their world record yesterday in the semifinals, repeats and does so in the most spectacular way in the final against Denmark, the reigning world champion in the specialty. A space performance, with the four kilometers of the race closed in 3’42 “032 (updated world record) and above all an incredible comeback when, in the last kilometer, Ganna takes over the reins of the blue team, recovering almost nine by himself. tenths behind the quartet made up of Lasse Hansen, Frederik Madsen, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, penalized by the ‘release’ of the latter a little before the third kilometer.
It was for 61 years (when, at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa and Mario Vallotto conquered the most precious metal) that Mameli’s Anthem had not accompanied a podium in the team pursuit on the track, a result which further gives the dimension of the company of the four blue bishops. In addition to Olympic champion Italy and Denmark, which after the controversial semifinal is forced to settle for the silver medal, to complete the five-circle podium of the specialty is Australia, which surpasses a Nuova in the final for the bronze medal. Zealand penalized by a fall by Regan Gough, who touches his teammate Kerby and goes to the ground just before the start of the last kilometer, giving the Aussies the green light.
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