PARIS. Italy is once again a protagonist at the Paris Paralympics, where it currently occupies fifth place in the medal table, behind China, Great Britain, the USA and Holland. The Azzurri won 4 gold medals yesterday, con Legnante in athletics, Barlaam (photo) in swimming and Parenzan and Rossi in table tennisand from this point of view the Italian Team has already done better than three years ago in Tokyo, where the golds were 14 against the 20 (with two days to go) of 2024.
Now the record that the entire Cip expedition aspires to seems within reachthat is, to improve on the overall result of 69 medals set in Japan (only Rome did better, with 80 overall, but only 400 athletes participated).
There are 7 more to go, because at the moment Italy is at 62 (20 golds, 13 silvers and 29 bronzes) but with two days of competition still available, and given the competitiveness of the Azzurri, we have to believe.
All this taking into account the context of the Paralympics, where the medals are, in general, absolutely more than at the Olympics because there are more categories in which people compete in the various disciplineswhile the participation of various countries is lower.
But this is also a growing figure: in the final medal table of the Paris Games there were 91 countries, including the Refugee team, while in the partial medal table of this Paralympic Games there are already 83 (always including the Refugees): so we are almost there.
Returning to Italy, yesterday’s count also includes the silver medals of Antonio Fantin and Stefano Raimondi (his fourth personal podium) in swimming and the bronze medals of Carlotta Ragazzini in table tennis and Donato Telesca in weightlifting.
All this confirms, even at the Paralympic level, a general trend in Italian sport, namely that Italy is capable of doing well, and obtaining great results, in almost every discipline. In short, the Italian team is a multipurpose one.
AZZURRI IN COMPETITION TODAY, SEPTEMBER 7
FINAL COMPETITIONS
11.20am Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL1, Final A (if Esteban Gabriel Farias qualifies)
11.36 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL2, Final A (if Christian Volpi qualifies)
11:52 Paralympic Canoeing: Va’a single 200m women VL2, final A (if Veronica Silvia Biglia qualifies)
12.10 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL3, Final A (if qualified Kwadzo Klokpah)
12:45 Paralympic Road Cycling: Men’s Road Race T1-2 (Giorgio Farroni)
15:00 Paralympic Road Cycling: Mixed Team Relay H1-5 (Luca Mazzone, Federico Mestroni, Mirko Testa)
15:30 Paralympic Judo: +70kg women J2, medal finals (if Carolina Costa qualifies)
15:30 Paralympic Judo: -90kg men J1, medal finals (if Valerio Romano Teodori qualifies)
15:30 Paralympic Judo: -90kg men J2, medal finals (if qualified Simone Cannizzaro)
17:30 Paralympic Swimming: 200m medley men SM10, final (if qualified Riccardo Menciotti, Stefano Raimondi)
5.30pm Paralympic Fencing: Women’s Team Epee, Bronze Final (if qualified Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia)
17:46 Paralympic Swimming: 100m backstroke men S6, final (if Antonio Fantin qualifies)
17:53 Paralympic Swimming: 100m backstroke women S6, final (if Arianna Talamona qualifies)
18:00 Paralympic Swimming: 100m butterfly men S8, final (alberto amodeo)
18:35 Para Powerlifting: 97kg Men, Final (Andrea Maria Quarto)
18:36 Paralympic Swimming: 50m butterfly women S7, final (if Giulia Terzi qualifies)
18:45 Paralympic Fencing: Men’s Team Epee, Bronze Final (if qualified Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa)
18:58 Paralympic Swimming: 50m backstroke men S4, final (if Federico Cristiani qualifies)
19:50 Paralympic Athletics: 200m men T64, final (if qualified Maxcel Amo Manu, Fabio Bottazzini)
19:56 Paralympic Swimming: 200m freestyle men S3, final (ev. Vincenzo Boni, Emanuele Marigliano)
20:00 Paralympic Fencing: Women’s Team Epee, Gold Final (if qualified Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia)
20:07 Paralympic Swimming: 200m medley women SM5, final (if qualified Monica Boggioni, Giulia Ghiretti)
20:34 Paralympic Swimming: 4x100m freestyle mixed relay – 34 points (Italy)
9.15pm Paralympic Fencing: Men’s Team Epee, Gold Final (if qualified Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa)
21:36 Paralympic Athletics: 100m women T63, final (if qualified Martina Caironi, Monica Contrafatto, Ambra Sabatini)
QUALIFYING RACES
09:30 Paralympic Judo: -90kg men J1, eighth finals (Valerio Romano Teodori)
09:30 Paralympic Swimming: 200m medley men SM10, heats (Riccardo Menciotti, Stefano Raimondi)
09:51 Paralympic Swimming: 100m backstroke men S6, heats (Antonio Fantin)
09:54 Paralympic Judo: +70kg women J2, quarter-finals (Carolina Costa)
09:59 Paralympic Swimming: 100m backstroke women S6, heats (Arianna Talamona)
10:00 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL1, Semi-Finals (Esteban Gabriel Farias)
10:00 Paralympic Fencing: Women’s Team Epee, Round of 16 (Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia)
10:00 Paralympic Fencing: Men’s Team Epee, Round of 16 (Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa)
10:09 Paralympic Swimming: 100m butterfly men S8, heats (Alberto Amodeo)
10:14 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL2, Semi-Finals (Christian Volpi)
10:24 Paralympic Judo: -90kg men J2, quarter-finals (Simone Cannizzaro)
10:28 Paralympic Canoeing: Va’a single 200m women VL2, semi-finals (Veronica Silvia Biglia)
10:31 Paralympic Swimming: 50m butterfly women S7, heats (Giulia Terzi)
10:38 Paralympic Swimming: 50m backstroke men S4, heats (Federico Cristiani)
10:42 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL3, Semi-Finals (Kwadzo Klokpah)
11:04 Paralympic Swimming: 200m freestyle men S3, heats (Vincenzo Boni, Emanuele Marigliano)
11:20 Paralympic Athletics: 100m women T63, round 1 (Martina Caironi, Monica Contrafatto, Ambra Sabatini)
11:20 Paralympic Swimming: 200m medley women SM5, heats (Monica Boggioni, Giulia Ghiretti)
11.28 Paralympic Canoeing: Single Kayak 200m Men KL2, Final B (ev. Christian Volpi)
11:30 Paralympic Fencing: Women’s Team Epee, quarter-finals (ev. Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia)
11:44 Paralympic Canoeing: Va’a single 200m women VL2, final B (ev. Veronica Silvia Biglia)
12:01 Paralympic Athletics: 200m men T64, round 1 (Maxcel Amo Manu, Fabio Bottazzini)
12:39 Paralympic Equestrian: Individual Freestyle Dressage Grade I (Sara Morganti, Carola Semperboni)
12:40 Paralympic Fencing: Men’s Team Epee, quarter-finals (e.g. Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa)
2.10pm Paralympic Fencing: Women’s Team Epee, Semi-Finals (ev. Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia)
2.10pm Paralympic Fencing: Men’s Team Epee, Semi-Finals (eventual Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa)
3.33pm Paralympic Equestrianism: Individual freestyle dressage grade III (Francesca Salvadè).
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