SWIMMING Gregorio Paltrinieri returned after the fear of mononucleosis. The champion of Italian swimming won a wonderful silver medal in the 800 meters freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Paltrinieri was the author of a perfect race, running away after the first strokes and then touching in 7’42 “11. Incredible comeback of the American Robert Finke went to get the gold with a monstrous last tank finishing in 7’41 “87. Bronze around the neck of a caliph of the distance, the Ukrainian Mykhailo Romanchuk (7’42” 33). Off the podium, fourth, the German Florian Wellbrock (7’42 “68).
Paltrinieri: “I put my heart into it” “Talking about a miracle is little, I wouldn’t have bet either. But this time I put my heart into it”. These are the first words of Gregorio Paltrinieri after the silver medal won in the 800 freestyle at the Tokyo Games. “It’s beautiful – added the blue swimmer to Rai microphones – today I was another person compared to the drums, with another mentality, another wickedness and desire to compete. I lived it to the fullest. Last night a my great friend told me that these great finals are not faced with the head but with the heart, it is the only way to be satisfied. I may have fallen into the error too many times in my life of wanting to plan everything. head, too many confused thoughts, but these finals are won with the heart. The others will be better than me physically and prepare better for the race tactically, but the heart I put into it is too much.
WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING OROOOOOO !! Italy in the double lightweights is gold medal. Beautiful, extraordinary, sensational and very good because with this prestigious gold medal Italy of rowing enters the history of women’s rowing by right. Great Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini absolute protagonists of a beautiful and gold medal !! 1. Italy (Valentina Cesarini, Federica Cesarini) 6.47.54, 2. France (Laura Tarantola, Claire Bove) 6.47.68, 3. Holland (Marieke Keijser, Ilse Paulis) 6.48.03, 4. Great Britain (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant) 6.48.04, 5. Usa (Mary Reckford, Sechser) 6.48.54, 6. Romania (Ionela Cozmiuc, Belgian Gianina) 6.49.40.
Rodini and Cesarini: “Now we are at peace”: “It was an incredible emotion: I didn’t understand anything of what had happened, but now I’m at peace”. So to Raisport’s microphones Federica Cesarini who with Valentina Rodini won at the photo finish (with only 14 cents ahead of France and 49 over the Netherlands) the gold medal of the double lightweights of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. “We knew that – he said Rodini – it would have been very hard until the end and Federica was very good at managing the race “.
MEN’S ROWING Medal of bronze for Stefano Oppo and Pietro Willy Ruta at the end of a race that saw them pitted against Ireland, gold, and Germany, silver. A medal that brings Italy back to the Olympic podium in this specialty after 21 years of absence. Spectacular result that confirms the strength and determination of the two blues Oppo and Ruta. Extraordinary !! 1. Ireland (Fintan Mc Carthy, Paul O’Donovan) 6.06.43, 2. Germany (Jonathan Rommelmann, Jason Osborne) 6.07.29, 3. Italy (Stefano Oppo, Pietro Willy Ruta) 6.14.30, 4. Czech Republic (Jiri Simanek, Miroslav Vrastil) 6.16.42, 5. Belgium (Niels van Zandweghe, Tim Brys) 6.18.10, 6. Uruguay (Bruno Cetraro Berriolo, Felipe Kluver Ferreira) 6.24.21.
Full program of Thursday 29 July
- 0:30 – Men’s single GOLF (first round)
Guido Migliozzi (71st in the ranking as of 7 July, while it was 203th at the end of 2020) Renato Paratore (in place of the injured Francesco Molinari) - (1:30-4:08) – BOATING men’s single (final F, E and D)
Italy has won the pass for the single senior men with Gennaro Di Mauro - 2:00 – Women’s VOLLEY ITALY-ARGENTINA (groups)
- 2:00 – Olympic shooting women’s Olympic pit (qualifications)
Jessica Rossi, Silvana Tired - (2: 00-14: 00) – BEACH VOLLEY women (preliminary rounds)
Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth - 01:40 – Female rowing two without (GOLD FINAL)
Aisha Rocek e Kiri Totodonati - (2: 30-11: 10) – ARCHERY single male (thirty-second and sixteenths)
Mauro Nespoli - 2:50 – Men’s Olympic Pit Skeet Shooting (qualifications)
Mauro De Filippis - (2: 56-11: 23) – ARCHERY single female (thirty-second and sixteenth)
Tatiana Andreoli, Chiara Rebagliati and Lucilla Boari - (3: 00-4: 24) – CYCLING bmx men’s race (quarter finals)
Giacomo Fantoni - 3:30 – MEN’S SWIMMING 800 meters freestyle (GOLD FINAL)
Gregorio Paltrinieri - (4: 00-15: 00) – BEACH VOLLEY men (preliminary rounds)
Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai - 4:00 – Women’s single tennis (semifinals)
Debora Vivarelli (?) - (4: 04-4: 11) – MEN’S SWIMMING 200 meters backstroke (semifinals)
Matteo Restivo (?) - 4:37 – MEN’S SWIMMING 100 meters freestyle (GOLD FINAL)
Thomas Ceccon e Alessandro Miressi - (4: 54-5: 01) – SWIMMING women’s 200 breaststroke (semifinals)
Francesca Fangio and Martina Carraro (?) - from 5:05 am – VELA female 470 (stage 3, 4)
Elena Berta and Bianca Caruso - from 5:05 am – VELA mixed Nacra 17 (stage 4, 5, 6)
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti - from 5:15 am – VELA female single Laser Radial (stage 7, 8)
Silvia Zennaro - from 6:05 am – SAIL female RS: X – Windsurfer (stage 10, 11, 12)
Marta Maggetti - 7:00 – Male water polo USA-ITALY (groups)
- 7:30 am – SIGHT SHOOTING for women’s Olympic pit (GOLD FINAL)
Jessica Rossi (?) - from 8:05 am – VELA male 470 (stage 3, 4)
Giacomo Ferrari and Giulio Calabrò - from 8:20 am – SAIL male RS: X – Windsurfer (stage 10, 11, 12)
Mattia Camboni - 8:30 am – SIGHT SHOOTING for the men’s Olympic pit (GOLD FINAL)
Mauro De Filippis - 8:45 am – SLALOM CANOE female (GOLD FINAL)
Marta Bertoncelli (?) - (12: 02-12: 38) – Women’s SWIMMING 800 meters freestyle (heats)
Simona Quadarella and Martina Rita Caramignoli - 12:50 – ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS single female (GOLD FINAL)
Vanessa Ferrari - (12: 50-13: 05) – Men’s SWIMMING 100 meters butterfly (heats)
Santo Condorelli and Federico Burdisso - (13: 08-13: 23) – SWIMMING 200 meters backstroke (heats)
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