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three golds from swimming, silver from team foil, bronze …

by Federico Martini

Still great satisfactions for Italian sport from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Nine medals in one day: from swimming three golds, two silver and one bronze to which are added the team foil in fencing led by Bebe Vio and bronzes in judo by Carolina Costae in Giovanni Achenza’s triathlon. The medals are twenty-six in all.

And the better youth that holds up the name of Italy. Oops, among the medalists there is also a fifty-year-old, Giovanni Achenza, (read the article) triathlete who won bronze. After the award ceremony he announces that he is aiming for Paris 2024. Deep down, if he really plans that goal, he is very young.
Here is the diary of a perfect Sunday.

Three golds in swimming

Barlaam, arrow in record time

The most anticipated and technically valuable came from Simone Baarlan, a swimming sprinter who won success in the 50m freestyle class S9 with the Paralympic record of 24 “71, According to the Russian Denis Tarasov, of the (24” 99) and the American Jamal Hill (25 “19). On the race, the winner declared that “It was not easy to arrive with all the expectations of the world behind me, I was doing it a bit but it went well – Simone smiled at Rai Sport microphones – This gold gives me euphoria and loads for the next days of competition “.
“Today was ato roller coaster of emotions (e will draw the attraction of an amusement park) and being rewarded by Luca made me feel even more the closeness of the Italian Paralympic world, a crazy honor “, declared Simone about the award ceremony that Luca Pancalli, president of the Italian Paralympic Committee, personally wanted to carry out in recognition of the value and history of Barlaam. My club, Polha Varese, played a very important part in my path and all the clubs on the Italian territory – added Barlaam – are doing a fundamental job for the growth of the national team, which is improving exponentially year after year, thanks to scouting. of Federation and regional committees that are always finding new athletes or new children who will gradually become athletes. And let’s hope the wave isn’t over yet ”.


Trimi, first in the back

Gold also for Arjola Trimi, 34 years old, born in Tirana, registered for Polha Varese, in the 50 back S3. The Lombard swam in 51 “34, 3” 77 faster than the British Ellie Challis (55 “11) and 5” 89 than the Rpc athlete Iulia Shishova (57 “03). “I was not expecting such a short time and I am really very happy. This gold means a lot, I had to make resilience the starting point for every situation and this gold means that I was able to do something important “. Arjola then pours out a praise of the ementyo in which he is most at ease: “Water for me is absolute freedom to express myself, I feel free to give my best even in the most difficult moments. My family has always been close to me, without them I wouldn’t be where I am today “


Relay, surprise gold

First in the world at the end of a thrilling race the 4 × 50 women relay made up of Alessia Scortechini (S10), Giulia Terzi (S7), Vittoria Bianco (S9) and Xenia Palazzo (S8). The girls win with a time of 4 “24.85, ahead of Australia (4” 26.82) and Canada (4 “30.40). Long pending, the result was made official after about two hours: the United States had reached the finish line first, but an irregularity in a change had led the jury to disqualify and maintain the decision even after the US appeal. Great Britain, which came fourth, had also appealed against a change of the Australians. The award ceremony will take place on Monday 30.

Third comes second

In the S7 400 freestyle, Giulia Terzi got the silver medal in 5 “06.32. In front of her the American McKenzie Coan (5: 05.84). Third place for another American, Julia Gaffney (5: 11.89). “In the last 100 I saw the American McKenzie run away but I gave it my all, so I’m happy. Or and we were stuck to the end: it was a good race, fun and already challenging the Americans is exciting, there is a lot of adrenaline “.

Ghiretti, who comes back

Impressive comeback of Giulia Ghiretti, 27, from Parma, who, with a time of 1’50 “36, obtained the silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB4 swimming competition. The gold was won by the Hungarian Fanni Illes (1’44 “41), the bronze went to the Chinese Cuan Yao (1’50” 77). Sixth place for Monica Boggioni, with a time of 1’58 “28.
Bronze

Carlotta Gilli, medal collector

Carlotta Gilli achieves the bronze which represents the fourth personal medal of the twenty-year-old swimmer from Moncalieri Third in the 50 freestyle race of the S12 / S13 category, touching in 27 ”07, 40 cents from her S13 world record set on 29 June 2018 in Rome. The Brazilian Maria Caolina Gomes Santiago (26 ”82) was the new Olympic champion in front of the Russian Anna Krivshina (27” 06). For Gilli, bearer of the Gold Flames, nicknamed ‘The Dolphin of Muncale’, today’s bronze follows gold on the 100 butterfly and silver on the 100 back and 400 freestyle.

Team silver fencing

The Italian women’s fencing team is silver medal in foil at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. The blue Ionela Andreea Mogos and Loredana Trigilia, dragged by the Olympian Bebe Vio, were defeated in the final by China 45-41. “We are very happy, we have improved compared to Rio. For gold it will have to wait for Paris ”. Bebe Vio is already looking forward to 2024 after the women’s foil team final lost to China in Tokyo. “We believed in it from the first hit, we fought to get this far and we thank the staff: I am proud to be part of this team”, added to RaiSport the champion from Veneto, yesterday gold in the individual. The Vio had managed to bring Italy under 41-40 in the last assault, which among other things was the only one who lost in this Paralympics: “We gave everything we had”. “I had thought of retiring but I think I have to stay until Paris”, smiles Loredana Trigilia while Ionela Andreea Mogos comments: “If we believed in gold at 41-40? We always believe in it, but it’s a beautiful silver and we enjoy it. I started this Paralympics a little badly but I finished great ”.

The judoka Costa, in the name of the father

Carolina Costa is bronze medal in women’s judo + 70kg at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Costa, B2 athlete at her first ever participation in a Paralympics, beat ukraine for ippon Anastasiia Harnik in the final played on the Nippon Budokan mat.
“I am quite excited and at the same time tired, after five years of preparation and excellent results I must say that even if the gold did not arrive for me this is still gold. I dedicate it to my father, to my coach who has always been there 24/7, to my family and to all those who support me “. This was stated by Carolina Costa, bronze medalist in women’s judo + 70kg at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, speaking in the mixed zone of the Nippon Budokan immediately after the award ceremony. “Mine target now is Paris: we added a year to get to Tokyo but we removed one for Paris, then next year there is the World Cup. In short, another mountain to climb ”, underlined Costa. Which, however, has something to complain about itself: “I could have taken the gold very well, in the semifinals I lost a bit of concentration and in fact she beat me (referring to the Kazakh Zarina Baibatina, ed) for my mistake: I gave her the final ”, the mea culpa in the mixed zone. Which, however, does not discourage her: “It’s a pity, but I bring a medal home, the metal is there. And the before a long series

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