Vanessa Ferrari at the Olympics, silver medal in women’s free body – Corriere.it

Vanessa Ferrari won the silver medal in women’s freestyle at Tokyo Olympics. For the 30-year-old from Brescia, in her fourth participation, the first Olympic medal, and also the first medal in the individual female of the Italian artistic gymnastics at the Olympics.

Here the story of the day of the Azzurri. Italy, since the beginning of the Games, has won 28 medals. Here the complete medal table of the Olympics. Below is the chronicle of the free body final, won by the American Jade Carey. Second Vanessa Ferrari, third the Japanese Murakami.

Ore 11.41 – 13233 Jennifer’s score. Official time, written on the boards of the building: Vanessa wins the Olympic medal that she has chased all her life: a splendid silver behind Jade Carey, in third place the Japanese Murakami. A few kilometers away, Marcell Jacobs and Gimbo Tamberi are also on the podium

Ore 11.38 – Now it’s up to Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica’s twin (who has already competed): she is rescued after Simone Biles’ retirement. An unbalanced closure in the first diagonal, then a good exercise especially considering that he is 16 years old. But he should keep up with Vanessa

Ore 11.37 – The vote at Andrade 14033: a sure medal for Vanessa

Ore 11.36 – Decisive moment: the Brazilian Andrade (silver in the general competition) leaves the platform at the first diagonal and therefore takes a tenth of a penalty. Another inaccurate closure at the last diagonal, should be behind. But let’s wait

Ore 11.33 – Vanessa did not do anything wrong, but the American Carey performed four diagonals of jumps out of four, Vanessa three. The Japanese Murakami, 24, shouldn’t be a threat: in qualifying she did 13,933, clean exercise, 14166. Behind Vanessa

Ore 11. 25 – And now it’s up to Vanessa, who is 30 years old: the first diagonal is fine, the second is fine too. Then the highlight, the artistic part that the jury liked so much in the qualification, awarded with the highest mark 14166. Even the third diagonal was stopped to perfection, there are no mistakes. And the notes of Con te partir give chills to the building. Honestly, the others jump, she thrills. The vote 14200: in this moment silver behind the American.

Ore 11.22 – The other Russian Angelina Melinkova, 21 years old, one of the candidates for the podium, qualified with 14,000: overall she performs a good exercise even with some flaws: 14166 the vote final, however high.

Ore 11.16 – Jessica Gadirova, 16 years old, the little star of Great Britain: first diagonal closed not very well, then for the exercise she gains altitude: the juries assign her a 14000 full.

Ore 11.09 – the vault of the American Jade Carey, 21 years old: 14100 in qualification, very close to Vanessa’s vote. Four diagonals, an important acrobatic part, an impeccable exercise, albeit with “little soul”: the very high grade, 14366, a medal grade.

11.00 am – the free body final started: the first to take to the platform was the Russian Listunova, 16 years old (if the Games had been last year she would not have been in competition). In qualifying he had performed an exercise of 14000. Here he exits the platform in the first diagonal taking a penalty and lands badly in the second. That can’t be a problem for Vanessa: even if the jury takes forever to give her the score, a wait that bothers gymnasts whose muscles cool down. At the end 12.400.

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