40 as in Tokyo, but this time with two additional gold medals: 12.
Now on September 23 at 11 am at the Quirinale the Azzurri will be at the President of the Republic's house Sergio Mattarella for the return of the tricolor flag after the Paris 2024 Olympic expedition But, the presidency specifies, the Italian athletes who stopped two steps from the Olympic podium, in fourth place, are also invited. And that's really a lot: 25. We are by far the country that has obtained the highest number of fourth places. The famous “wooden medals” that nevertheless give prestige to the Italian sports and Olympic movement which, unlike that of other more famous countries, is less “rich” from the point of view of state investments and also with a well-established sports culture different from there, to give just a few examples, from the United States, China and many Eastern countries.
These 12 gold medals, however, constitute a record. It is therefore appropriate to recall the athletes who, individually or as a team, made the Mamelian anthem resonate in France and hoisted the tricolour flag to the highest mast.
1 – Nicolò Martinenghi is Olympic champion in the men's 100m breaststroke”
Nicolò Martinenghi, gold medal in the 100m breaststroke (@web)
After 24 years, Italy returns to win an Olympic title in the men's 100m breaststroke. Nicolò Martinenghi like Domenico Fioravanti in Sydney 2000: blue is the new Olympic champion with a time of 59.03! This is Italy's first gold medal in Paris 2024. Behind him, the British Adam Peaty and the American Nicolas Fink with the same time: 59.05 (+0.02).
2 – Thomas Ceccon, Olympic champion in the 100 meters backstroke”
Thomas Ceccon, gold medal in the 100m backstroke (@web)
After Nicolò Martinenghi's gold in the 100m breaststroke, the Italian swimming team continues to party at Paris 2024. Thomas Ceconalready bronze in the 4×100 freestyle relay, hangs the gold medal around his neck in “his” 100 meters backstroke, a specialty in which he arrived as world record holder with a time of 51.60. The Venetian stops the clock at the Arena La Défense at 52 seconds, ahead of the Chinese Jiayu Xu and the American Ryan Murphy.
3 – Women's Epee Team Gold”
Rossella Fiamingo, Giulia Rizzi, Alberta Santuccio and Mara Navarria: gold medal in team epee (@web)
The women's épée team composed of Rossella Fiamingo, Giulia Rizzi, Alberta Santuccio and Mara Navarria wins the gold medal, the third podium ever to arrive from the Grand Palais stand in this edition in five circles. Previously, they had arrived Luigi Samele's bronze to the saber and Filippo Macchi's money in sheet.
4 – Men's single kayak, it's gold for Giovanni de Gennaro”
Giovanni de Gennaro, gold medal in the K1 canoe slalom (@web)
This is the triumph of K1. That of Giovanni De Gennaro it is a gold that shines in the waters of Vaires-sur-Marne, at the Stade Nautique Paris 2024, where the blues triumphed in men's single kayak. A success that the Italian slalom canoe has been waiting for for years, especially in K1. The last one dates back to 2012, when it was in London Daniele Molmenti to climb to the top step of the podium.
5 – Judo: Alice Bellandi's gold”
Alice Bellandi (@web)
The dream comes true. Alice Bellandi She is the new Olympic judo champion in the women's -78 kg category. In the final against the Israeli Inbar Lanir, number 3 in the ranking with whom she had won 4 of the previous 5, she managed to impose herself thanks first to a waza-ari scored one minute from the end and then to the three shido in total awarded to her opponent who decreed the end of hostilities.
6 – Windsurfing: it's gold for Marta Maggetti”
Marta Maggetti (@Reuters)
The waters of the Marseille marina were the scene of the gold of Marta Maggetti. The first Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024, rookie class windsurfing
7 – The Golden Age of Tennis. Women's Doubles Triumphs at Paris 2024″
Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini are gold in women's doubles (@handle)
This is the golden year, yes: it really is. It is for Jasmin Paolini and Sara Erranithe first Italian tennis players to reach the top step of the podium at the Olympic Games, in women's doubles in Paris 2024.
8 – Gymnastics artist smiles at Alice D'Amato with beam gold”
Alice d'Amato, gold on beam (@handle)
History, once again, knocks on the doors of Italian artistic gymnastics. But this time it is an untold story, it is a story that bears two names: that of Alice D'Amatothe new Olympic champion on the beam, with Manila Esposito who won an incredible bronze medal.
9 – Gold in the mixed team skeet at Paris 2024″
Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti, gold medal in mixed team skeet (@web)
Diane Bacosi, She is increasingly the queen of clay shooting and has reached the Olympic podium in three consecutive editions. And she is the one who has achieved the most important goal, that of gold in mixed team skeet at Paris 2024. Gabriele Rossetti On the verge of perfection, the Italian duo achieved a record qualification, with 149 hits out of 150, ahead of the Americans Vincent Hancock and Austen Jewell Smith: the four-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's category and the new Olympic bronze medalist in the men's and women's category.
10 – Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, gold medal confirmed for the Nacra 17″ sail
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, gold like in Tokyo 2020 (@reuters)
It was one of the most anticipated gold medals of the entire Italian expedition to Paris 2024 and the predictions have fully come true. Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti They triumphed in Nacra 17, repeating the success of Tokyo 2020.
11 – Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini, gold medal in the women's cycling Madison”
Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini (@ap)
Italian joy explodes at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines at the Paris 2024 Games After the bronze medal won in the men's pursuit thanks to. Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon and Simone ConsonniThe Italian national track cycling team can celebrate the incredible gold medal won by Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini in the women's Madison.
Blue volleyball is golden (@afp)
12 – Women's volleyball is on top of the world”
Great celebration of Italian volleyball, Italy greets the technical commissioner with the most beautiful gold medal Julio Velasco He succeeded where he could not in 1996 with the men. Beaten by the USA 3-0, it was the twelfth gold medal for the Azzurri.
