In the end, Tania Cagnotto did it: after an extraordinary career full of satisfactions, she finally hits the individual Olympic medal, at the third attempt after the failed ones in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, when she finished fourth by 20 hundredths of a point. This time the athlete from Bolzano, father Giorgio's daughter in art who won two silver and three bronze medals at the Olympics in the era of Klaus Dibiasi's triumphs, did it: and so a few days later the splendid silver paired with Francesca Dallapè in synchro, he conquered the coveted individual bronze, behind the unattainable Chinese.
In the afternoon the seventh gold medal had arrived for Italy with Niccolò Campriani who scored a double, or rather a hat-trick considering also the gold in London 2012 won in the same race, that of the rifle three positions, which today gave him second time the top step of the podium in Rio 2016. For him it is the fourth medal at the Olympics, given that four years ago in England he had also won a silver.
Silver also for the men's team in epee in fencing, which in the final has to surrender to France after however having won a great semi-final, as underdogs, against the world champion Ukraine. The blue medals after Sunday therefore rise to 21, with 7 golds, 8 silvers and 6 bronzes. There's still a week of competitions to go and the balance of London 2012 could be improved: four years ago we won 8 golds and 28 total medals. It is not unthinkable to do better.
