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August 28, 2021

Bebe Vio won her second Paralympic gold in women's foil, category B. In Tokyo, the 24-year-old from Momigliano Veneto defeated the Chinese Jingjing Zhou for 15-9, who she had already beaten in the final in Rio 2016 for 15-7.

Italy's medals rise to 18 at the Japanese Paralympic Games.

"It's the second in a row, isn't it that you pass me now?" commented the undersecretary for sport, Valentina Vezzali, former world fencing champion, during the post-medal party for Bebe. At the Tokyo Paralympics, on board the platform of Makuhari Messe Hall B, also mother, father, sister and brother of Vio and Luca Pancalli, president of the Italian Paralympic Committee. "It took Bebe to bring the gold back to fencing," Vezzali added jokingly.

Two more medals from triathlon and swimming


The medal table of the Azzurri in Tokyo 2020 is growing day by day. Xenia Palazzo won silver in the 200 mixed swimming category Sm8 at the Tokyo Paralympiad.

That of the 23-year-old resident of Verona, born in Palermo, is Italy's 17th medal at these Games.

In front of her, at six seconds, the American Jessica Long.

Third was the Russian Mariia Pavlova.

Stefano Raimondi has instead conquered the bronze in the 100 freestyle swimming category s10.

On Thursday he had won gold in the 100 breaststroke Sb9.

And the first day of triathlon competitions ended with a silver and a bronze medal for Italy. Veronica Yoko Plebani, Anna Barbaro and her guide Charlotte Bonin take care of the Odaiba Marine Park to give the first satisfactions of a day full of events. The first podium, in order of time, comes thanks to the performance of Veronica Yoko Plebani, bronze in the women's PTS2. The Lombard recorded an overall time of 1: 15.55, a time that earned her the third step of the podium. American Allysa Seely (1: 14.03) and Halley Danz (1: 14.58) did better than her. Anna Barbaro and her guide Charlotte Bonin immediately thought about enriching the medal collection. In the women's PTVI, the blues finish in 1: 11.11, 3.56 behind the winners of the race, the Spanish Susana Rodriguez and Sara Loher (1: 07.15).Third place for the French Annouck Curzillat and Celine Bousrez (1: 11.45).

"What better occasion than the Paralympics to introduce the Undersecretary of Sport in Italy, Valentina Vezzali, to the IPC president, Andrew Parsons. Grateful to the Italian government for being here and to Andrew for his ability to express Paralympic values ​​around the world. "wrote Luca Pancalli on Twitter.