Another great joy for sporting Italy and another existential circle that closes with a smile. Vanessa Ferrari finally wins, after injuries, misfortunes and uncertainties, an Olympic medal, silver, in the free body (after two fourth places in the previous editions of the Games), taking advantage of the absence of Simone Biles who, however, had beaten in the qualifiers, obtaining a more tall of the US star of gymnastics (retired for reasons of psycho-physical stress). It is not gold, because the American Jade Carey is in front of her, but the gap is minimal, 0.166 cents of a point.
The lights of the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, the scene, on the evening of 1 August, of one of the most memorable events in the history of Italian sport, meanwhile come back on for the awarding of the two Italian Olympic champions, Marcell Jacobs and Gianmarco Tamberi. On the Japanese night after the exciting double with the victories in the hundred meters and in the high jump of the two representatives of the State Police-Fiamme Oro, between Casa Italia and the Olympic Village the celebrations were uninterrupted. Even Jacobs in the Japanese morning returned to the plant that saw him triumphant a few hours earlier to attend the long jump final (in which the blue Randazzo was engaged). A specialty in which Jacobs had tried to find space without big luck until a couple of seasons ago.
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In the meantime, the picture of competitions from inside or outside is emerging for team competitions in which Italian teams are involved. L’Italvolley men will see it in the quarter-finals, Tuesday 3 August at 5 pm Japanese time (10 in Italy) with Argentina. More or less simultaneously theItalbasket will challenge France in a quarter-final that promises to be very close.
Water polo
The National team of Sandro Campagna meanwhile he drew 5-5 with Hungary with goals from Figlioli (2), Di Fulvio, Echenique and Aicardi. Settebello thus finished second behind Hungary in the group with three wins and two draws, in the quarter-finals they will challenge Serbia on Wednesday 4 August. Settebello’s coach Sandro Campagna is satisfied: «The quarter-final will be a battle of physical and psychological struggle. Weapons that we have already used in these days and we will try to pull out in the most important race. «An intense year together, a lot of work and many matches, they forged us – added the blue goalkeeper Marco Del Lungo – There is a lot of cohesion. We just have to file a few mistakes like too many expulsions that we can avoid ».
Volleyball
The women’s volleyball team gets complicated.Paola Egonu and teammates suffered their second consecutive defeat after their first three victories. After losing against China, they were overcome in a tiebreak by the US (21-25, 25-16, 25-27, 25-16, 15-12 the partials), making too many mistakes. «We are angry because we wanted to win the group – admitted the Italian coach Davide Mazzanti – we had a great chance and we didn’t succeed. We get there less free because we struggle more than expected in attack and this thing weighs us a bit. This must be the quantum leap. That is the key to our path to the Olympics. We need to play freer from the quarter-finals onwards. When our attackers struggle, we must have the strength to be more stable in certain situations in attack ». Miriam Sylla added that «we have to build things and polish others, but what is done is done: we are in the quarterfinals, we do not know who we will meet, but we will try to get on the pitch trying to avoid the mistakes of the last two games. The beauty of this group is that there are always some companions ready to support you ».