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As part of the 100 days to go to Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 celebrations, the Beijing Organising Committee (BOCOG) today (26 October) unveiled the design of the medals that will be awarded at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an Executive Board (EB) meeting today, in the presence of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Beijing 2022 informed the EB of the principles that will help deliver safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as scheduled.

It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces the passing of former IOC President Count Jacques Rogge. He was 79 years old. 

Earlier in the week, athletes competing in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 elected four athletes as members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission (AC) for a term that will end at LA28: Pau Gasol (Spain, basketball), Maja Włoszczowska (Poland, cycling), Federica Pellegrini (Italy, swimming) and Yuki Ota (Japan, fencing). All four athletes were put forward by the IOC Executive Board (EB) for election by the IOC Session as IOC Members and were elected today.

Gold!!! Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti bring Italian sailing to the Olympus of Tokyo 2020. The Italian pair dominated in the Nacra 17 and, strengthened by their first place in the 12 qualifying races and already sure of a medal, won over Great Britain (the only contender, fifth at the finish line) and settled for sixth place in the Medal Race. They are the Olympic champions (35 points) in the mixed foiling catamaran, and with them, Italy has won the gold medal 21 years after Alessandra... Читать дальше...

The athletes at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 have elected Pau Gasol, Maja Włoszczowska, Federica Pellegrini and Yuki Ota to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission (AC), for a term ending at the Olympic Games LA28. The newly elected members join the Commission to represent the athlete voice within the Olympic Movement.

Another page of Italian sporting history has been written in Tokyo 2020: at 30 (she will be 31 in November), Vanessa Ferrari has won the silver medal in the women floor gymnastics. The Orzinuovi butterfly achieved a feat that had entered the annals before arriving in Japan, winning qualification for her fourth Olympics (she is the only Italian gymnast to have achieved this goal).

Double gold in Tokyo 2020!!! Lamon Marcell Jacobs is the fastest man in the world! It was not enough for the athlete to be the only Italian to have reached the Olympic final. He put himself behind everyone, crossing the finish line in 9"80 (better than the 9"81 with which Usain Bolt won in Rio 2016), new European record, ahead of the American Fred Kerley (9"84) and the Canadian Andre de Grasse (9"89). Waiting for him was Gianmarco Tamberi, who had won the title of Olympic champion in the high jump a few minutes earlier. Читать дальше...

Gold!!! Gianmarco Tamberi writes a memorable page for Italian athletics at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. He is the first Italian Olympic medal in the men's high jump, and it is gold (the only one who had succeeded before was Sara Simeoni, Moscow 1980). Gimbo' achieved this feat in Tokyo 2020. The Italian strongly wanted these Olympic Games after the injury that denied him Rio 2016. The Italian was ex equo with the Qatari Essa Mutaz Barshim at 2.37. Also on the podium was Belarusian Maksim Nedasekau at 2.37... Читать дальше...

The men's 4x100 mixed relay is a bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020. In the last race of the Italian Team at the Aquatics Centre in this edition of the Games, Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso and Alessandro Miressi finished in the third position (3:29.17) behind the United States, authors of the new world record in 3:26.78, and Great Britain, who set the new European record in 3:27.51 (photo Pagliaricci GMT Sport). The Italian swimmers were awarded by the CONI President and IOC member Giovanni Malagò. Читать дальше...