A silver and two bronzes for Italy, which together with the sure medal of women’s volleyball on the last day move the total to 40 medals, thus improving the Tokyo expedition (11 golds against 10).
In addition, Italy will close the French Olympics and it will be 36 consecutive days with at least one medal. From Rio, August 18, 2016 with Lupo-Nicolai, onwards. A day full of joy, lived in swing with the news on the health conditions of Gianmarco Tamberiwho despite kidney stones and a trip to the hospital for routine checks, finally managed to get on the track but was eliminated at the second measure: the Italian failed the measure of 2.27 three times after having jumped 2.22 at the third and said goodbye to the cheering crowd. Fourth Stefano Sottile.
The 37th medal arrived in the afternoon thanks to the Farfalle in the all-around team competition: Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Alessia Maurelli, Daniela Mogurean and Laura Paris obtained the third overall score (68.100) after the second rotation and took the bronze medal. Only China (69.800) and Israel (68.850) did better.
At the end of the awards ceremony, her fiancé Massimo proposed live to the world to the Italian captain Alessia Maurelli, who emotionally replied “yes”, in front of all her celebrating teammates. The 38th is instead the work of Madison again. The day after the gold conquered by Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini, it is the men who climb on the Olympic podium: Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni, brother of Chiara, are silver with 47 points, behind only the Portuguese Leitao-Oliveira. For Consonni, 29 years old from Ponte San Pietro, it is the second Olympic medal of his career after the gold three years ago in the team pursuit, while Viviani, 35, completes his personal collection, having won gold in the omnium in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo. Shortly after, from Versailles comes the 39th thanks to George Malan which brings the Italian pentathlon back to the Olympic podium after a 32-year wait. The other Italian in the race, Matteo Cicinelli, also did well, finishing fifth.
Both Italian athletes will be there on the final day that will award the medals in the pentathlon: Elena Micheli and Alice Sotero (for her a great comeback recovering eight points in the fencing bonus round) are in fact sure of a place among the 18, thanks to the second and third scores (both at 1401) in their group at the end of the qualifications. The day began with the anonymous race of the Italian athletes in the marathon, never in play excluding the brief escape of Eyob Faniel: Yeman Crippa finished 25th at 4’10”, much further behind Faniel and Meucci. In the diving, 10-meter platform, Riccardo Giovannini and Andreas Sargent Larsen did not pass the qualifications. Finally, the Coni announced the flag bearers for the closing ceremony: they will be Rossella Fiamingo and Gregorio Paltrinieri.