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July 27, 2021Other two bronzes for Italy from Tokyo 2020. They belong to Maria Centracchio in judo 63 kg and to the women's sword team.

The total number of blue medals thus rises to 11 in four days of competition.

The judoka who lives and trains in the province of Isernia beat the Dutch Juul Franssenal golden score in the final for the bronze, while the blue of the sword (Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola, Mara Navarria and Alberta Santuccio) prevailed 23-21 on the China.



During the night, Federica Pellegrini made history by qualifying for the Olympic final of the 200 freestyle for the fifth time, a goal never reached by any swimmer until now. Federica Pellegrini hits her fifth Olympic final in the 200 meters above sea level. . "It was not the minimum goal, this was my real goal for this Olympics": So, moved, Federica told Rai microphones. "It was - he added - a difficult goal because the level has risen a lot."



Federica struggled to reach the final and the podium is probably out of reach, but the feat she accomplished remains historic. In the previous Olympic finals Federica came second in Athens 2004, then the gold in Beijing 2008, fifth in London 2012 and fourth in Rio 2016. Federica has been world record holder since 2009 with a time of 1'52 "98. 



Too bad for Thomas Ceccon, fourth in the final of the 100 backstroke just 11 cents from the bronze but with the satisfaction of having further improved the Italian record bringing it to 52 "30. In front of the Italian the Russians Evgeny Rylov, gold with 51" 98 (new European record) and Kliment Kolesnikov, silver with 52 "00. Bronze to the American Ryan Murphy (52" 19). "I am a bit angry for missing third place but super satisfied with my performance - said Ceccon -. I didn't think I could do less than the time I swam in the battery, I gave my best and I even managed it. I thought they were going so fast but we are at the Olympics ".



The gold medal was won by the Russian Evgeny Rylov with 51 '' 98, a new European record, two cents better than his compatriot Kliment Kolesnikov. Third was the American Ryan Murphy. That of the Russian athletes is the second national double of the Olympic day. In the men's 200m, Great Britain wins gold and silver with Tom Dean in 1'442 "22, and Duncan Scott in 1'44" 26.



Another surprise came in the 100 breaststroke women. Big favorite Lilly King finished third in 1'05 "54, beaten by the other American, 16-year-old Lydia Jacoby with 1'04" 95. Second place for the very favorite, South African Schoenmaker in 1'05 "22. Martina Carraro finished in seventh place with a time of 1'06" 19. "I knew that getting on the podium in such a high level race would be very difficult but - she told our microphones - I am very happy and then the postponement of a year for the covid has changed many things, the younger ones have come forward, but if tokyo 2020 had been there last year they probably would not have arrived in final. "



Bronze for Centracchio, second in Italy in judo 

After Odette Giuffrida comes the second medal from Judo for Italy. It is that of Maria Centracchio, 63 kg, bronze medal, first Molise in the history of the Olympics. This is the tenth medal won for the Italian expedition. In the final for third place against Dutch Juul Franssen, three shidos were successful. Maria, 26, belonging to the Fiamme Oro Roma, has signed a real feat starting from number 27 on the scoreboard.



Women's sword, Italy is bronze 

Italy is bronze medal in women's team sword, after beating China 23 to 21. The blue team is made up of Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola and Mara Navarria, and the last of the three Fiamingo matches was played by Alberta Santuccio.