The curtain falls definitively on the Tokyo Games. After the Olympic emotions (from 23 July to 8 August) and the Paralympic ones (from 24 August to today) it is time for the last party, with the Paralympic Closing Ceremony scheduled at 1pm (live on Raisport TV).
Jacopo Cappelli, the last blue in the competition at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games, fails to hit the final of the R6 Mixed 50m SH1 rifle shooting range. With a score of 607.4, Cappelli is out of the race for a medal.
Italy closes ninth in the Paralympic medal table with a triumphal balance sheet: 69 medals, of which 14 gold, 29 silver and 26 bronze. Added to the 40 conquered last month by the Olympic delegation, here is another record: 109 podiums in the two events in Japan for an Italy of 110 and praise.
A single tide that overwhelmed Tokyo and made Italian fans go crazy. Last night, for example, the compliments of the 4×100 Olympic champion arrived at the “3×100”, as the trio of wonders made up of Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto has been renamed.
“I perceived, especially in the media narrative, that the positive wave of the Olympic Games was ‘galeotta’ to emotionally drag on the Paralympic Games as well. After that, people were kidnapped by our competitions and our athletes.
One thing is certain, today Italian sport is presented as a single entity, two sides of the same coin, in the awareness that we are talking about two different events, with different contents and different declinations of value that have in common the centrality of this extraordinary tool. which is sport ».
«I’m really excited, it was a wonderful experience. I felt enormous emotion in entering this stadium, where unfortunately there were no spectators, but carrying this flag and representing the entire Paralympic movement was beautiful and I can only thank the president of Cip Luca Pancalli and the head of delegation Juri Stara for giving me this opportunity and gaining experience in this field as well. I am really happy and honored to have made the standard-bearer, a role that at 18 I think few have had the privilege of doing », said Matteo Parenzan, Italian standard-bearer in the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.
