Mediterranean Games: Italia dominates, the Azzurri sweep the board in swimming
Italia is pulling away from the rest: currently on 35 medals (13 gold, 16 silver and 6 bronze). The gap between them and the rest is already substantial: Turkey follows in second place with 19 medals. Greece is a distant third, with 13.
After a slow start on the first day of competition, the Italian team pulled away, driven by their swimming performances – a discipline that accounted for six of the day’s nine gold medals and thirteen of the twenty-two medals won today.
The medal table speaks for itself, with Italia leaving the rest of the field far behind: in first place with 35 medals (13 gold, 16 silver and 6 bronze). The gap between them and the others is already substantial: Turkey follows in second place with 19 medals. Greece is a distant third, with 13.
It is swimming, both yesterday and today, that makes all the difference for the Italian team. Medals are coming in from the pool in every event in which the Italians are competing. As well as the six golds, Italia has also secured five silvers and two bronzes in the pool, making a total of thirteen podium finishes at the Stadio del Nuoto.
Gold medallists included Costanza Cocconcelli in the women’s 50-metre backstroke; Alberto Razzetti in the 100-metre butterfly; Jacopo Barbotti in the 200-metre freestyle; Lisa Angiolini in the 200-metre breaststroke; and Luca De Tullio from Bari in the 800-metre freestyle. To round off the day, gold was also won in the 4x100-metre mixed relay (featuring Lazzari, Mancini, Cocconcelli and Tarantino).
Further highlights of the day came from canoeing, with gold medals for Elena Voltan in the 200-metre final and Samuele Veglianti in the men’s 1,000-metre singles.
