Yesterday, in twenty minutes an Italian town of 9,000 people won as many gold medals as Germany has
Roncadelle, a town of 9200 people just outside Brescia in Lombardy, will not easily forget this August 1. Two golds in quick succession. First Giovanni De Gennaro in slalom canoeing and, soon after, Alice Bellandi in 78 kg judo. Both from Roncadelle, both able to propel this small, wealthy, industrious town into Olympic glory. An area of small and...
READ MORE
Assunta Scutto earns winning start for hosts Italy at IJF World Junior Judo Championships
Assunta Scutto earned an opening day gold for hosts Italy at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Junior Judo Championships, with athletes from Georgia, France and Russia also successful. Scutto triumphed over Russia's Irena Khubulova in the women's under-48 kilogram final, scoring an ippon inside one minute courtesy of an osae-komi-waza t...
READ MORE
Italy with 27 medals: Barlaam, Trimi and relay, three gold medals!
With the silver medal in the women's foil team, Italy's Paralympic medals in Tokyo rise to 27: Simone Barlaam's gold in the 50 sl (cat. S9), Arjola Trimi's gold in the 50 backstroke (cat. S3) and the women's 4x100 sl relay team finished second behind the United States: Xenia Palazzo, Vittoria Bianco, Giulia Terzi and Alessia Scortechini were promot...
READ MORE