Only one medal for Italy on the third day of the London 2012 Olympics. However, it could have been gold with Niccolò Campriani, reigning world champion and winner of all the World Cup races this year, who instead threw away the big chance in target shooting, a 10-meter rifle speciality. In the end, the young Tuscan takes the silver medal, after leading the final up to two shots from the end, who made a sensational mistake by leaving the gold to the Romanian Moldoveanu.
And therefore even today, in the absence of other medals and great exploits, we are once again talking about Federica Pellegrini. After the disappointment of the 400m freestyle, the race was in any case bewitched for her (never a medal at the Games but two world titles in the distance), and even the threat of quitting swimming for at least a year, this time the Venetian champion returns to give Italy hope: in the 200m qualifications she redeems herself and authoritatively wins her semifinal, swimming the fourth time overall and therefore openly applying for the podium, in the race in which she has been unbeaten for five years, including gold in Beijing 2008 and several world records.
For the rest, a day mainly of disappointments. Fencing, which so far had brought 4 medals, today remains dry: in the women's epee the blues didn't go beyond the quarter-finals with Fiamingo, girlfriend of the swimmer Luca Dotto, also dry with the 4×100 relay on Sunday evening. The judoka Giulia Quintavalle also gave up one step away from the medals area, thus missing the confirmation of the Beijing gold. The blues of volleyball did well, beating Japan, while only Pennetta advanced in the tennis tournament: Errani, Schiavone and Seppi were out. Setterosa also loses against Australia, while the gold team archer Marco Galiazzo is not confirmed in the individual tournament: he is out in the round of XNUMX.
As far as other countries are concerned, the great performance of the Frenchman Yannick Agnel should be noted, who wins a top-level 200m where even someone like Ryan Lochte remains off the podium. For the transalpine he is the second gold in two days, after dragging the 4 × 100m relay to a sensational triumph against the USA and Australia. France is dominating in the pool: already 3 golds, including Camille Muffat's 400m, who on Tuesday will also contend with Federica Pellegrini for the scepter of the 200m.
