10-10-20. We start again from these unforgettable numbers, with which Italy concluded the memorable and indelible edition of Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021 due to the postponement due to the health emergency). The qualifiers towards Paris 2024 they already started last year and will definitively come to life in the coming months.
From what we have seen in 2022, Italy can legitimately harbor the ambition of trying to further improve the already sumptuous haul achieved in Japan. It is clear that the probable absence of Russia and Belarus (but the issue appears far from a definitive solution) could open up further medal chances for the Bel Paese, in particular in sports such as artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, athletics, wrestling, boxing, fencing and shooting. However, this should not make us underestimate the potential of a tricolor movement which in the past year has highlighted a continuously and decisively growing trend.
But who will be the Italians to count on to get on the podium in France and, possibly, sing the Mameli anthem? Let’s discover them sport by sport with a bag that will keep you company until the Paris Games and which we will constantly update. For each discipline you will find the most concrete candidates for medals, the outsiders and the new faces on the launch pad. Because on OA Sport, as our most loyal readers will know by now, the Olympics don’t last 16 days, but 4 years! Good fun.
BORSINO OLYMPIC WIG 2024
Last updated: February 19, 2024
SPORT CLIMBING
Medal cards: Matteo Zurloni (speed)
Outsider: –
On the launch pad: Ludovico Fossali (speed)
ATHLETICS
Medal cards: Marcell Jacobs (100 metres), Massimo Stano (20 km walk), Antonella Palmisano (20 km walk), men’s 4×100 metres, 35 km mixed pairs walk, Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump), Andy Diaz (jump triple), Zane Weir (shot put), Leonardo Fabbri (shot put), Larissa Iapichino (long jump)
Outsider: Filippo Tortu (200 metres), Alessandro Sibilio (400 hs), Sara Fantini (hammer throw), Francesco Fortunato (20 km walk), women’s 4x100m, Mattia Furlani (long jump)
On the launch pad: Pietro Arese (1500 meters), Emmanuel Ihemeje (triple jump), Simone Barontini (800 meters)
BADMINTON
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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BASKET 3X3
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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BEACH VOLLEY
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Samuele Cottafava-Paolo Nicolai, Adrian Carambula-Alex-Ranghieri
On the launch pad: Valentina Gottardi-Marta Menegatti
BREAK DANCE
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Antilai Sandrini
On the launch pad: –
SOCCER
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
On the launch pad: –
SPEED CANOE
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Carlo Tacchini-Gabriele Casadei (C2 500 meters)
On the launch pad: –
SLALOM CANOE
Medal cards: Stefanie Horn (K1 women), Giovanni De Gennaro (K1 men), Paolo Ceccon/Raffaello Ivaldi (C1 men)
Outsider: Stefanie Horn (extreme slalom)
On the launch pad: Elena Borghi/Marta Bertoncelli (C1 women)
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BOATING
Medal cards: men’s lightweight doubles, men’s 4 sculls, senior men’s doubles
Outsider: senior women’s doubles
On the launch pad: –
ROAD CYCLING
Medal cards: Filippo Ganna (men’s time trial), Elisa Balsamo (women’s road race), Elisa Longo Borghini (women’s road race)
Outsider: –
On the launch pad: Vittoria Guazzini (women’s time trial)
CYCLING YOUR TRACK
Medal cards: women’s team pursuit, men’s team pursuit
Outsider: madison uomini, all men, madison donne, all men
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ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
Medal cards: National women’s team (team event), Asia D’Amato (individual competition), Vanessa Ferrari (floor exercise), Marco Lodadio (rings), Alice D’Amato (uneven bars)
Outsider: National men’s team (team event), Nicola Bartolini (floor exercise), Carlo Macchini (barres)
On the launch pad: Angela Andreoli (beam), Manila Esposito (beam)
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Medal cards: Sofia Raffaeli (individual general competition), National Italy team (team general competition)
Outsider: –
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GOLF
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Outsider: –
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HOCKEY PRATO
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Outsider: –
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JUDO
Medal cards: Assunta Scutto (-48 kg), Odette Giuffrida (-52 kg), Alice Bellandi (-78 kg), Manuel Lombardo (-73 kg), Christian Parlati (-90 kg)
Outsider: Elios Manzi (-66 kg), Antonio Esposito (-81 kg), Asya Tavano (+78kg)
On the launch pad: Gennaro Pirelli (-100 kg)
LOTTA
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Frank Chamizo (-74 kg freestyle), Abraham Conyedo (-125 kg freestyle), Danila Sotnikov (-130 kg Greco-Roman)
On the launch pad: –
I SWIM
Medal cards: 4×100 freestyle men, Thomas Ceccon (100 backstroke and 100 freestyle), Nicolò Martinenghi (100 breaststroke), Simona Quadarella (800 and 1500 freestyle), Benedetta Pilato (100 breaststroke), Gregorio Paltrinieri (1500 freestyle)
Outsider: Alessandro Miressi (100 freestyle), Margherita Panziera (200 backstroke), Alberto Razzetti (200 and 400 medley, 200 butterfly), 4×100 men’s medley, Sara Franceschi (400 medley)
On the launch pad: –
CROSS-COUNTRY SWIMMING
Medal cards: Gregorio Paltrinieri (10 km), Domenico Acerenza (10 km)
Outsider: Arianna Bridi (10 km)
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ARTISTIC SWIMMING
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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BASKETBALL
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Men’s national team
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HANDBALL
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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WATER POLO
Medal cards: Settebello
Outsider: Setterosa
On the launch pad: –
VOLLEYBALL
Medal cards: Men’s national team
Outsider: Women’s national team
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MODERN PENTATHLON
Medal cards: Elena Micheli, Alice Sotero, Giorgio Malan
Outsider: –
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WEIGHTLIFTING
Medal cards: Sergio Massidda (-61 kg), Antonino Pizzolato (-89 kg)
Outsider: Mirko Zanni (-73 kg)
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BOXING
Medal cards: Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (-92 kg), Irma Testa (-57 kg)
Outsider: Federico Serra (-51 kg), Giordana Sorrentino (-50 kg), Salvatore Cavallaro (-80 kg)
On the launch pad: Sirine Chaarabi (-54 kg)
RUGBY A 7
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Outsider: –
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FENCING
Medal cards: Alice Volpi (women’s foil), Arianna Errigo (women’s foil), Martina Favaretto (women’s foil), Tommas Marini (men’s foil), Filippo Macchi (men’s foil), Rossella Fiamingo (women’s épée), Mara Navarria (women’s épée), Alberta Santuccio (women’s épée), Davide Di Veroli (men’s épée), women’s foil team, men’s foil team, women’s épée team, men’s épée team
Outsider: Daniele Garozzo (men’s foil), Andrea Santarelli (men’s épée), Luca Curatoli (men’s sabre), Luigi Samele (men’s sabre), Martina Criscio (women’s sabre), Rossella Gregorio (women’s sabre)
On the launch pad: Valerio Cuomo (men’s épée), Michele Gallo (men’s sabre), Michela Battiston (women’s sabre)
SKATEBOARD
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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SURF
Medal cards: –
Outsider: Leonardo Fioravanti
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TAEKWONDO
Medal cards: Vito Dell’Aquila (-58 kg), Simone Alessio (-80 kg)
Outsider: –
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TENNIS*
Medal cards: Jannik Sinner
Outsider: Sinner/Sonego (men’s doubles), Bolelli/Vavassori (men’s doubles)
On the launch pad: –
*It will be played on clay
TABLE TENNIS
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
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SHOOTING
Medal cards: Danilo Dennis Sollazzo (10 meter rifle)
Outsider: Paolo Monna (10 meter pistol)
On the launch pad: Federico Nilo Maldini (10 meter gun)
SKEET SHOOTING
Medal cards: Silvana Stanco (women’s trap), Jessica Rossi (women’s trap), Diana Bacosi (women’s skeet), Luigi Lodde (men’s skeet), mixed pairs skeet, Mauro De Filippis (men’s trap)
Outsider: Martina Bartolomei (women’s skeet), Massimo Fabbrizi/Giovanni Pellielo (men’s trap), Gabriele Rossetti (men’s skeet)
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ARCHERY
Medal cards: Mauro Nespoli (men’s individual bow)
Outsider: women’s team, men’s team, mixed pairs competition
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TRIATHLON
Medal cards: –
Outsider: –
On the launch pad: –
DIVES
Medal cards: Chiara Pellacani/Elena Bertocchi (3 meter synchronized springboard), Giovanni Tocci/Lorenzo Marsaglia (3 meter synchronized springboard)
Outsider: Sarah Jodoin Di Maria (10 meter platform)
On the launch pad: Chiara Pellacani (3 meter trampoline)
VELA
Medal cards: Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (Nacra17), Marta Maggetti (iQFoil), Nicolò Renna (iQFoil), Riccardo Pianosi (Formula Kite)
Outsider: Giacomo Ferrari-Bianca Caruso (470 mixed)
On the launch pad: Chiara Benini Floriani (ILCA 6), Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini (ILCA 6)
Photo: Lapresse
2024-02-19 08:00:00
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