Andry84

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?

Ok, Thank you

Are you sure the reallocation goes in this way?I think Ukraine has chance in k-2 1000 instead of italy and Spain in k-1 200 and K-1 1000.Germany won quota in k-1 500 women so quota for Portugal in k-1 200.

On the site www.federvela.it there is the word "cerca", if you write the name of the sailors there you will read the news of their selection.

For italy have already been selected Bissaro-Sicouri in Nacra 17, Conti-Clapcich in 49er fx, Francesco Marrai in laser, Flavia Tartaglini in women RS-X.Battle still open in the other class in which Italy qualified.

Someone can answer this question?Russia is out from team sprint men, so Dmitriev and Shurshin can qualify in only one among keirin and sprint(in this case Dmitriev in sprint and Shurshin in keirin) or they both can qualify in both disciplines?

And Korea..