The Italian athletes, already medalists in 2021, in the final this evening from 9.30 pm. In judo, Carolina Costa for the bronze
Paris, 7 September 2024 – They are still in the final and ready to write history, in another final. The qualifying heats held this morning at the Stade de France of the Women’s 100m T63. E Martina Caironi, Monica Contrafatto and Ambra Sabatini still book the race for the medal at the Games and this time in Paris. After the great adventure of Tokyo 2020 (Sabatini gold, Caironi silver and Contrafatto bronze), Italy is waiting to dream again and could be an absolute legend of an extraordinary double of the Azzurre on the podium. The color of the medal will be decided by the tricolor champions.
The story of the races and the interviews – Source comitatoparalimpico.it
Three years after Tokyo, Martina Caironi, Monica Contrafatto and Ambra Sabatini return together in the final of the women’s 100m T63, this time at the Paris 2024 Paralympic GamesIn the two qualifying heats this morning at the Stade de France, the three Italians achieved the three best times, just like in Japan: Caironi first overall and in his heat with 14.31 (season best), Contrafatto first in his heat and second overall with 14.326, Sabatini third at 4 thousandths with 14.330.
In the final at 9.37pm tonight, challenging the three Italian stars of the legendary race that saw them take silver, bronze and gold respectively at Tokyo 2020 will be the Indonesian Karisma Evi Tiarani (14.34 and world record T42), the British Ndidikama Okoh (14.69), the Swiss Elena Kratter (15.06) and the Americans Lindi Marcusen (15.09) and Noelle Lambert (15.38).
Very unlucky Maxcel Head Manwho slipped on a bend halfway through the race in his heat to qualify for the final of the men’s 200m T64 at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games and fell. The Italian, who had gotten up to finish the race, crossing the finish line in seventh place, was nevertheless disqualified for the fall.
“Today was not my day, it went like this and I accept it. This is also part of the game, so I can’t do anything,” commented the Italian in the mixed zone of the Stade de France. What happened on that curve? “I lost my footing, I slipped on the water. When I tried to accelerate to exit the curve, I slipped with my prosthesis because the track was a bit wet,” Manu explained.
In the canoeEsteban Gabriel Farias closes the KL1 200m final with the seventh time in 51.29. Podium: Kiss (HUN), Cardoso (BRA), Boulle (FRA).
Christian Volpi after an initial part of the race that saw him in the front lines, he gave up in the last few metres and finished the final of the KL2 200m seventh in 43.21. Podium: McGrath (AUS), Phillipson (GBR), Syniuk (UKR).
Sixth place for Veronica Silvia Biglia in the VL1 200mGold to the British Wiggs, silver to the Canadian Hennessy, bronze to the Australian Seipel.
In judo, women’s +70kg category, Carolina Costa will try to bring home the bronzeWhile Simone Cannizzaro is expected in the repechages for third place in the -90 kg J2.
Photo Massimo Bertolini/FISPES
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