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Paralympics: more medals for Italy, gold and world record for Simone Barlaam

The Italian set a new world record in the 50 S9 style by swimming 23"90.

2 September 2024

3' min read

Another shower of medals from swimming for Italy at the Paralympics in Paris. Gold medal and world record for Simone Barlaam in the 50 S9 style. The Italian set a new world record by swimming 23"90. "Today, finally, with one of my races, I made everyone enjoy themselves: in these Paralympics, the public cheers regardless of nationality, and that is very nice. At the end of the race Barlaam went to hug the other blue medallists of the day. "For us swimming athletes it was a great start to the day," he told Raisport poolside. "For me, gold and a record is a lot.

A few minutes later, Manuel Bortuzzo took bronze in the 100 breaststroke Sb4. The Italian had the fourth fastest time in the battery, but pushed on in the first pool and held third position.

A little earlier Federico Bicelli had triumphed in the 400 S7 style. Behind him were Trusov and Basilof. Over the same distance, but among the women, Giulia Terzi won the bronze medal behind the Americans Morgan Stickney, gold, and McKenzie Coan, silver. Giulia Terzi's bronze came six months after giving birth. "I had come here for this very reason, to prove that I could do it after becoming a mother,' the Italian swimmer told RAI microphones. 'Before leaving, I had whispered to Edo, "I'll leave you at your grandmother's and I'll bring you back the medal. Then he came here with my partner, he is in the stands sleeping with this chaos of cheering and I don't know how he does it. Before the race my partner texted me, 'either way you're a great mum' and I cried. I've been crying all day.... But this time I really deserve a pat on the back."

Terzi then spoke about the race. "Stickney was innavigable, I fought for second place but at 270 metres I saw McKenzie overtake me and I had no more: but I can say that I did an extraordinary race.

Carlotta Gilli also won bronze in the 50 metres S13 at the Paralympics in Paris. For the Italian it is the fourth medal, after a gold, a silver and a bronze already won in this edition "I am happy. It was a game this competition. The goal was to get to the final. I got the medal so it was better. I confirmed the bronze of Tokyo. Great Italy: we are reaping the fruits of the great work done,' said Gilli immediately after the competition.

Three more blue medals, two silver and one bronze, had previously arrived for the athletes competing in Paris. Italian Veronica Yoko Plebani , 28-year-old from Brescia, Gavardo, won the silver medal in the ParaTriathlon women's PTS 2 event in Paris 2024. Gold to the American Hailey Danz, bronze to the other American Allysa Seely. For the Italian it is the second Olympic medal, in Tokyo 2020 she had been bronze.

Silver also went to Francesca Tarantello in the women's ParaTriathlon PTVI (visually impaired athletes, her guide is Silvia Visaggio), won by Spain's Susana Rodriguez.

Italy's pair ofDaila Dameno and Paolo Tonon won the bronze medal in the Paris 2024 ParaArchery Mixed Team W1 competition. They did so by beating South Koreans Kim Okgeum and Park Hong Jo 134-132 in the final for third and fourth place.