The Olympic adventure of the Italian athletes at the Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo continues successfully. Today Baby saw won her second Paralympic gold in women’s foil, category B. The 24-year-old from Mogliano Veneto defeated the Chinese Jingjing Zhou for 15-9, who she had already beaten in the final in Rio 2016 for 15-7. Italy’s medals in the Japanese Paralympic Games thus rise to 18. Tomorrow the most difficult mission for the blue foil player: to try to drag the foil team to success too. In 2016 in Rio the Italian team won the bronze.
Still blue successes in the pool
During the day, the Italian medal table was then enriched with the silver medal won in the women’s 200 meters mixed Sm8 da Xenia Palazzo. The gold went to the American Jessica Long, bronze for the Russian Mariia Pavlova. Third place and bronze medal instead for Stefano Raimondi, competing in the 100 meters freestyle, category S10. In this case the gold went to the Ukrainian Krypak, who also set the world record. Silver for the Australian Crothers. No podium instead for Matteo Betti in men’s foil, category A. The blue athlete was beaten 11-15 in the final for the bronze by the Russian Nikita Nagaev.
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A gold and a silver in the first day of triathlon
Also noteworthy is the excellent result for Italy – a silver and a bronze medal – with which the first day of triathlon competitions ended. At the Odaiba Marine Park the first podium, in order of time, came thanks to the test of Veronica Yoko Plebani, bronze in the women’s PTS2. The Lombard recorded an overall time of 1: 15.55, a time that earned her the third step of the podium. American Allysa Seely (1: 14.03) and Halley Danz (1: 14.58) did better than her. Following the silver medal won by Anna Barbaro and his guide Charlotte bonin who finished the women’s PTVI in 1: 11.11, 3.56 behind the winners of the race, the Spanish Susana Rodriguez and Sara Loher (1: 07.15). Third place for the French Annouck Curzillat and Celine Bousrez (1: 11.45).