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In front of President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, who watched the competitions at the Défense Arena, opening the Azzurri's magical series was Simone Barlaam, who won the first medal (silver) in swimming in the 400 freestyle S9. In the evening, two golds came from Carlotta Gilli and Francesco Bocciardo.  It was then the turn of 29-year-old Vi...

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Thomas Ceccon said he fulfilled a childhood "dream" by giving Italy their second swimming gold of the Paris Olympics with a thrilling victory in the men's 100m backstroke on Monday. Ceccon won with a time of 52.00 seconds, with China's Xu Jiayu 0.32sec behind for silver and Ryan Murphy of the USA in bronze. The Italian, who was fourth in Tokyo, del...

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Nicolò Martinenghi won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday at the Paris Olympics, thrilling Italian fans and canceling several of the main story lines going into the race. Martinenghi was the bronze medalist in this event in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and won at the world championships earlier this year in Doha. But he was not the expecte...

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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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An extraordinary Simona Quadarella wins gold in the sprint, with a time of 8.17.44, after taking gold and the rainbow title in the 1500-meter freestyle four days ago. Azzurra burns in the final the German Isabel Gose, silver at 8.17.53, third New Zealand's Erika Fairweather, world champion in the 400 freestyle and bronze medalist in this race at Fu...

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A specialist in the hardest stroke in swimming, Ann Carozza was a champion in and out of the pool during her college career. After shining as an NCAA Division II star swimmer, Ann Carozza this month will attend the NCAA Convention as one of the Top 30 semifinalists for the Woman of the Year Award. The 23-year-old graduated in May from West Chester...

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Since the arrival of the new millennium, Italian swimming has exploded at the world level. Throughout the last century, Italy had never achieved great results in international competitions, or at least only on a few occasions. Since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Italian swimmers have been winning relentlessly, and legendary champions such as Massi...

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More and more, it is sports that have Italy being talked about around the world as a winning nation. If 2021 was the magic year ever, with Italian athletes winning in every sports competition in which they participated, 2022 closes with just as many successes in dozens of international events. The first victories in chronological order came earlier...

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Italy's men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team wins the gold medal at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne with a time of 3:02.75, setting a new world record. Silver went to Australia, while bronze went to the United States. Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri also triumphs with a gold medal in the 1500 freestyle event with a time of 14:16.88. The...

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23 nations won at least one medal at the European Watersports Championships that ended yesterday in Rome. Italy broke all records with an impressive 67 medals, 24 gold, 24 silver and 19 bronze: no country had ever won so many medals. The Italian athletes won podiums in all aquatic disciplines, from swimming (as many as 35) to open water swimming (6...

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