A record-breaking team starting with three digits: 113. The number of Italian athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics he is the tallest ever, the richest, the most exciting for those who can’t wait to dive back into another 15 days of Olympic magic. Joyful percentages write the history of the Italian delegation to the sixteenth edition of the Paralympic Games, which will take place from 24 August to 5 September in Tokyo for the second time in their history, which began with Rome 1960, and in which badminton and taekwondo will debut. . Forward with the numbers: + 14.4% of athletes called up, of which more than half are women, 61, compared to 51 men, all chasing podiums in 16 disciplines (out of 22 overall) to improve the ranking of the Rio 2016 medal table , when Italy ranked ninth with 39 medals among golds, silvers and bronzes. The standard-bearers of Italy will be fencer Bebe Vio and swimmer Federico Morlacchi, who happily replicate the tricolor duet of Jessica Rossi and Elia Viviani for the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and are both eager to place themselves on the top step in their respective Paralympic disciplines. . “Our goal is to continue to enthuse Italians with the stories and sports performances of these fantastic athletes and to confirm, with the results, the growth path of the Italian Paralympic movement which has now become a point of reference in Italy and in the world” he said. declared the president of the Italian Paralympic Committee Luca Pancalli a Rainews.
A handful of names among the many participants to cheer for: athletes such as the long jump and 100 meter recordwoman will descend on the athletics track Martina Caironi, gold at Rio 2016, and Monica Contrafatto who won bronze in the same edition. The weightlifters and discus throwers Assunta Legnante and Oney Tapia return to compete, for the women’s triathlon to aim for placings there is also Veronica Yoko Plazzi. In the water, Italy has a large team of swimmers, the largest in proportion to the others, and many of them will try to defend and reconfirm (if not improve) the results of four and a half years ago in Brazil: among all, the multi medalists Federico Morlacchi, who after the three bronzes in London 2012 and the three silvers and a gold at Rio 2016 aims at en plein in his beloved disciplines between freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and of course the mixed, and the backstroke specialist Francesco Bettella. Swimmers aiming for medals such as Arjola Trimi, Giulia Ghiretti O Carlotta Gilli ready to give great performance in the tub. In foil it is impossible not to cheer for Bebe Vio, who also aims to improve the team medal with Andrea Mogos and Loredana Trigilio. Even cycling will try to keep its historic performances high, relying on the reconfirmations of Fabio Anobile, Luca Mazzone, Paolo Cecchetto e Francesca Porcellato between time trial and online race. With a thought to the great absentee of this edition, the immense Alex Zanardi.
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