TOKYO – Within a couple of hours, he broke all records and brought Italy to the top of the world in the most beloved discipline of athletics. (more…)
TORONTO – July 29, 2021: after 2,000m of racing, Italy wins the women’s lightweight double sculls title. Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini rowed to the gold in 6:47.54. France was just 0.14secs behind, claiming the silver in 6:47.68. Netherlands took the bronze in 6:48.03. (more…)
TORONTO – July 28, 2021: “Is it an endless career? It’s a finished career.” Like this Aldo Montano he replies, smiling, to journalists after winning the silver medal in the men’s team saber in Tokyo 2020 which ends his long career. I think it is right to arrive here, I have waited a year longer than I had planned, I have suffered a lot because I have a lot of problems and pains. That’s okay. It was a really difficult and complicated year and I had to manage a serious problem and it is a joy to have arrived here, competitive and to have given my contribution. Take home this medal that I feel I have helped the boys to conquer it all. It was wonderful to end a career like this “, added the blue champion who closes with a medal on the day Federica Pellegrini competed for the last time in the Games in her 200 freestyle. (more…)
TORONTO – July 25, 2021: 20-year-old Italy’s Vito Dell’Aquila (in the pic) beat 19-year-old Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia 16-12 to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 58 kg taekwondo final at Tokyo 2020, the very first gold for the Azzurri’s Team in Japan. (more…)
