Seventh blue gold at the Tokyo Olympics and ninth tricolor success in the history of the Games in this grueling specialty
SAPPORO. Italy hits the seventh gold medal in these Olympics. It was conquered by Massimo Stano in the 20 km walk, a specialty that has always been a mine of successes for the Azzurri. Stano prevailed in the scorching heat of Sapporo, in the north of Japan, in the time of 1h21’05, ahead of the two walkers of the house Ikeda and Yamanishi. Fortunato finished fifteenth and Tontodonati 44th.
Italy rises to eighth place in the medal table with 7 golds, 10 silvers and 16 bronzes. As for the march, it is the ninth Olympic gold after Frigerio’s 3 and those won by Dordoni, Pamich (in the other Japanese Olympics of 1964), Brugnetti, Damilano, Schwazer.