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04 August 2021 American Sydney McLaughlin won the 400 hurdles race at the Olympics setting the new world record. The new record is 51 "46 and beats the 51" 90 she set herself last June. Under the old record also the other American, Dalilah Muhammad, Olympic champion in Rio 2016, with 51 "58. Third is the Dutch Femke Bol, who with 52" 03 set the European record. 



If there were no Italian athletes in the final of the 400, there was instead Paolo Dal Molin in the semifinal of the 110 obstacles. It didn't go well: for the blue only fourth place with 13 "40, a time too high to hope for a repechage." I expected to do much much better. The disappointment is great ", Dal Molin told Raisport microphones



Rachele Bruni also went badly, in the 10 km of open water swimming, only 14th in 2h02'10 "to 2'39" from the winner, the Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha. At the end of the race Rachele Bruni can't hold back the tears of anger at our microphones: "I was calm - said the blue - but I accused the fast race right from the start, I tried to stay in the group at the bottom so as not to consume energy. , but I have consumed many, too many " 



Rich program of canoeing competitions in the morning in Tokyo. In K1 200 meters Manfredi Rizza reaches the semifinal of the canoe sprint specialty. In the men's k2 1000 Samuele Burgo and Luca Beccaro do not hit the times to go directly to the semifinals and have to make the quarterfinals. Same route for Francesca Genzo in the women's K1 500 meters.