Andry84

Phelps was 5th in Sydney 2000 in 200 fly......

Italy won 2 silver medals because in those tournament were better than the others and in general only France is for sure a better team, the other teams like Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Korea and Switzerland are not better than Italy and sometimes you can win and sometimes you can lose, but it can' t be always a shame when an italian fencer lose for 1 ot 2 points.The only weapon where Italy is not very strong in this moment is women epee, in all the others Italy is one of the best.Also in women sabre Italy never had a strong team like this one.

Vincent Anstett 22 Max Hartung 4 The result of the last bout I hope it' s a mistake of the graphic

Probably i' m wrong because i'm not a big expert but in my opinion Chamizo won the match with a good margin, i think he had a 4 points throw instead of 2 points and in the 2 points action of Asgarov the azeri wrestler had 1 foot out of the mat.

He has a very bad draw, he can lose in 1st round and not go to repechage, but he can also win the tournament.

Arai should not be DSQ but Tallent run the last 10 km, it's impossible he finished this race.

In which percentage the greatest favourites win gold medal?Spain has 8 medals and in 7 of these they were among the best 5 in that discipline, only Walz is a surprise, and when you are one of the best you can win gold.

Non è un incubo , è lo sport: il tiro a segno è fatto così, ci sono state fior di tiratrici dello stesso livello di Petra che non sono neanche andate in finale e nel canottaggio si sapeva che nel doppio il massimo era il quarto posto e nel 4 senza p.l. sarebbe stata durissima con 2 barche fuori portata e la Francia che nelle ultime stagioni è sempre arrivata davanti.

Usually in the first 2 or 3 days we have our best chances of medal, if not the biggest favourite, but we always have many athletes that are among the 7-8 best in their discipline and can win medals.In the next days will be different.

Giuffrida is very good not from today, she was an outsider but a medal from her is not a big surprise. Basile and also Elios Manzi are 2 very talented young boys, nobody expected a gold medal, but here in italy we knew that both of them can win with everybody.In the last months they have been among the best judokas in their categories

Basileeeeee,he destroyed everybody today, he has qualified in the last 2 tournaments from far behind in the ranking and today he is Olympic champion.

Avola lost from 14-8....

Italy officially qualified in men's team pursuit.

I think Russia is out from Rio in weightlifting...

Vittoria Panizzon (eventing) out from OG, she injured herself on wednesday.Italian team will be selected on monday.

Tamberi likely to miss Olympic games, it' s absurd, we had only 2 very good athletes both in high jump and both will miss OG.

Italian team in Rio Men (15) 200m ESEOSA FAUSTO DESALU G.A. Fiamme Gialle 200m, 400m MATTEO GALVAN G.A. Fiamme Gialle 200m DAVIDE MANENTI C.S. Aeronautica Militare 800m GIORDANO BENEDETTI G.A. Fiamme Gialle 3000st JAMEL CHATBI Atletica Riccardi 3000st YURI FLORIANI G.A. Fiamme Gialle Alto SILVANO CHESANI G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova Alto GIANMARCO TAMBERI G.A. Fiamme Gialle Triplo FABRIZIO DONATO G.A. Fiamme Gialle Marcia Km 50 MARCO DE LUCA G.A. Fiamme Gialle Marcia Km 50 MATTEO GIUPPONI C.S. Carabinieri Sez. Atletica Marcia Km 50 TEODORICO CAPORASO ASD Enterprise Sport & Service Maratona STEFANO LA ROSA C.S. Carabinieri Sez. Atletica Maratona DANIELE MEUCCI C.S. Esercito Maratona RUGGERO PERTILE Assindustria Sport Padova Women (21) 200m GLORIA HOOPER G.S. Forestale 400m, 4x400m MARIA BENEDICTA CHIGBOLU C.S. Esercito 400m, 4x400m LIBANIA GRENOT G.A. Fiamme Gialle 4x400m CHIARA BAZZONI C.S. Esercito 4x400m ELENA MARIA BONFANTI Atletica Lecco-Colombo Costruzioni 4x400m MARTA MILANI C.S. Esercito 4x400m MARIA ENRICA SPACCA G.S. Forestale 800m YUSNEYSI SANTIUSTI CABALLERO ASD Acsi Italia Atletica 10000m VERONICA INGLESE C.S. Esercito 400hs MARZIA CARAVELLI C.S. Aeronautica Militare/CUS Cagliari 400hs AYOMIDE FOLORUNSO G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova 400hs YADISLEIDY PEDROSO C.S. Aeronautica Militare Alto DESIREE ROSSIT G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova Alto ALESSIA TROST G.A. Fiamme Gialle Triplo DARIYA DERKACH C.S. Aeronautica Militare/ADS Acsi Italia Marcia Km 20 ELEONORA ANNA GIORGI G.S. Fiamme Azzurre Marcia Km 20 ANTONELLA PALMISANO G.A. Fiamme Gialle Marcia Km 20 ELISA RIGAUDO G.A. Fiamme Gialle Maratona CATHERINE BERTONE Atletica Sandro Calvesi Maratona ANNA INCERTI G.S. Fiamme Azzurre Maratona VALERIA STRANEO Runner Team 99 SBV This list is not definitve, other 5 athlete who already have the minimum can be selected if they give proof of good competitivity in the next 3 days.

Francesca Schiavone rejects ITF invitation....

Maicol Verzotto qualified for Italy in 10 m platform. Source Coni.it

It' s the biggest joke in doping history...11 times the level of testosterone for a 50 km race walker...ah ah ah ah and in the first test the 1st of january he was clean????And in the test he had the 7th or 8th january he was clean again???? Not in this way, they should had given him a lifeban 4 years ago, they should had postponed the come back with a longer ban, i understand that nobody wants him on the podium in Rio, but not in this way.

I think Giordano will be selected , he' s the only italian pistol shooter good enough in both 50m and 10m.Anyway quite strange the change of quota, i would have changed with 2nd trap woman shooter but in Italy shotgun has a different federation so it would have been impossible.

Italy chose Giorgio Poggi in Finn, Tita-Zucchetti in 49er and Silvia Zennaro in laser radial and decided to accept eventual reallocation spots in both men and women 470..

Canada's unused quota should go to Italy, but i don't know if Italy will confirm it....

On gazzetta.it yesterday evening...

In Italy there are rumours that Canada will reject the pass in both 470 class.Someone here has some news?