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25 July 2021 The Olympic journey of the

Settebello

in Tokyo

begins with a victory

. In the Tatsumi Waterpolo Center in Kotò, the reigning world and Olympic bronze champions easily surpass the South African national team, in its third participation in the Games after those of 1952 and 1960 (in Rome they obtained the ninth place and best placing).



The Azzurri led by Alessandro Campagna start contracts (2-0 in the first half) and then dissolve with the passing of the minutes, closing at 21-2. On Tuesday 27 July, Greece will be at 8.30 am Italian time and it will be a much more difficult and demanding match. The Hellenes beat the European champions Hungary 10-9 with the decisive goal from Angelos Vlachopoulos 3'40 "from the siren.





Basketball, Germany beaten

17 years after the Athens 2004 final, the return of Italian basketball to an Olympics is marked by a very important 92-82 victory against Germany. The

national team of Meo Sacchetti

brings home the result with a great comeback and a partial of 22 to 8 in the last 10 minutes of the match. Next Wednesday, July 28th, at 5.20 pm in Japan (10.20 am in Italy), the quintet will challenge Australia. 



Women

's fours

in the final

A

women's

foursome, who with second place behind Australia in the repechage qualifies for the final.

Gobbi, Lisi, Montesano and Iseppi

with a powerful progression from 1000 to 1750 meters, two superpowers such as New Zealand and Great Britain were kept behind and on Tuesday at 3.10 Italians will have the honor of rowing for the medals. Di Mauro's single goes to the semifinals, third in his battery, while the women's double Ondoli-Patelli is fourth in the semifinal and reaches the final B.





Winning debut of the volleyball blues

Good news from volleyball: the

blues won the match 3-0 against Russia

(25-23; 25-19; 25-14), a balanced match only in the first set. In the second and third the Italians of coach Davide Mazzanti dominated. At the Ariake Arena an excellent performance by Anna Danesi on the wall but also by Elena Pietrini, Sarah Luisa Fahr. For Paola Egonu 18 points, blue top scorer. Next match on Tuesday against Turkey (16.25 local time).



"It was a good debut - observed Paola Egonu - we had to break the ice at the beginning, but then it was fun and we were able to express our game as we know how. At the beginning of the game I felt a bit excited. as I think it is normal for any athlete who takes the field in the first match of the Games, but then everything went as we wanted ".