Results of all races on the first day

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Paris 2024
Paris 2024, Italian bid: Tampere and Errigo waving the tricolour




12.42pm Swimming, Women's 4 x 100m: Italy in final
Great performance by the Italian women's 4×100 relay team. The Italians Morini, Tarantino, Curtis and Minucci finished the heats in third place, achieving eighth place overall which qualifies them for the final. In the final Australia, USA, China, Sweden, France, Canada, Great Britain, Italy.

12.36 Woman's Sword, Santuccio Next
After eliminating Rizzi and Fiamingo, the Italian fencing team achieved its first victory with Alberta Santuccio in the épée. In fact, the Italian defeated the Singaporean athlete Abdul Rahman 15-10 and reached the round of 16.

12.22pm Swimming, Men's 400C: Lamberti and Di Tullio out
A complicated race for Matteo Lamberti and Marco Di Tullio in the 400m freestyle. The Azzurri finished 7th (3'48'38) and 6th (3'47'90) respectively in their respective heats, remaining out of contention for the next round.

12.09 Woman's Sword, Flamingo Out Too
Another bitterness on stage for the Italian fencing team. After Rizzi, Rossella Fiamingo was also eliminated in the épée. The last push against the American cipola was fatal for the Italian (14-15).

12.01 Diving, Women's 3m Synchro: Pelacani-Bertucci 4th
Chiara Pelacani and Elena Bertucci finish at the foot of the podium in the women's 3m synchro final. The Italians finished fourth with a score of 293.52, with some regret over the final dive. Gold went to China's Zhang Yanyi and Chen Yiwen (337.68), silver to Americans Bacon/Cook (314.64) and bronze to Harper/Mio Jensen (302.28).

11.57am Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke: Martinengui, Viberti in semi-finals
Mission accomplished for Nicolo Martinenghi and Ludovico Viberti in the 100m breaststroke heats. Both Italian teams actually qualified for the semi-finals. Martinenghi finished third in his heat with 59'39, Viberti fifth in his heat with 59'94. Chen disappointing with 59'58, Sun out. Here are the semi-final qualifiers: Corbu, Petit, Szymanowicz, Kamminga, Welby, Imudo, Matzerath, Martinenghi, Chen, Fink, Richamer, Young, Somov, Swanson, Viberti, Polonsky.

11.52 10m Pistol Shooting: Nello Maldini and Mona in the Final
Federico Nello Maldini and Paolo Mona qualified for the eight-man 10m pistol final. The Italians qualified in second and fifth place respectively. The final will be held on Sunday.

11.48 Judo Women's 48kg: Quarterfinals
Assunta Scutto qualified for the quarterfinals in the 48kg judo category. The Italian defeated the American Maria Celia Laborde. In the next round Scutto will have to deal with the young Swede Babulvath.

11.38am Swimming, Women's 400c: Finalists
After the heats, Ledecky, Titmus, Fairweather, McIntosh, Perkins, Madden, Costa, and Goss advanced to the women's 400m final.

11.36 Volleyball, Germany beats Japan
Germany beat Japan in Group E in a close and stunning final.

11.26 Carbina 10 MA Mixed Bands: Gold for China
The first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics goes to China: the Xing-Hwang duo won the 10m air rifle mixed doubles event, beating Keum-Park (South Korea) in the final. The bronze went to Kazakhstan with the duo of Lu Satbayev.

11.19am Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly: Scotto Di Carlo disqualified, Coconcelli out
Viola Scotto Di Carlo and Costanza Coconcelli did not qualify for the semi-finals in the 100m butterfly. The former Italian was disqualified for an unexplained infraction, while the latter finished last in her heat. The semi-finalists in the women's 100m butterfly are: Zhang, Hirai, Huskey, Walsh, McKeon, Kohler, McNeil, Perkins, Simanova, Wattle, Vanotterdijk, Hanson, Gallagher, Eke, Gilley, McInnis.

11.14am Women's Sword, Julia Rizzi eliminated
The Italian Olympic fencing tournament started badly. Giulia Rizzi, one of the medal contenders, was actually eliminated in the round of 32 by Poland's Alija Klasik. After starting poorly, the Italian lost 11-12 in overtime after a remarkable comeback.

11.11 Judo 60kg: Exit in the round of 16
There was no breakthrough in the round of 16 for Andrea Carlino in the 60kg judo category, as the Italian lost by gold to the powerful athlete from Taiwan Yang Yung Wei.

11.04 First medal! Kazakhstan bronze in shooting
The first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics has been awarded. The mixed pair of Aleksandr Li and Islam Satbayev from Kazakhstan won the bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event, beating Germany's Maximilian Ulbrich and Anna Jansen 17-5. It is Kazakhstan's first Olympic medal in shooting since 1996.

10.40 am Handball: Spain – Slovenia 25-22
Spain beat Slovenia 25-22 in a very close and balanced match.

10.10 Judo 60kg: Clay in the round of 16
Mission accomplished for Andrea Carlino in judo 60kg. The Blues won the first match with a gold score against Katz, qualifying for the round of 16. Now he will have to deal with Taiwan's favorite athlete Yang Yung-wei.

10:00 Mixed Rifle: Italy 17th, out of final
The Italians in the 10m air rifle mixed doubles, Barbara Gambaro and Danilo Denise Solazzo, finished 17th and thus out of the podium. Their final score in the heats of the event that should award the first gold medal at Paris 2024 was 625.4, far behind the duo of China (632.2) and the Republic of Korea (631.4) who will compete in the final for the gold medal. The bronze medal will be between Germany and Kazakhstan.

9.55 Rowing: Men's Single Preliminary
The following teams qualified after the men's singles qualifiers: New Zealand, Greece, Egypt, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Japan. Belgium, neutral national individual athletes, United States, Brazil, Germany, Uruguay, Cuba, Denmark, Bulgaria and Hungary.

9.33 South Korea becomes 'North', Seoul protests
South Korea has protested after a mistake was made at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, in which its athletes were introduced as North Koreans, forcing the International Olympic Committee to apologize. When the South Korean delegation arrived by boat on the Seine River as the 48th participating nation, spokespeople introduced them as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in French, then as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in English, using both languages ​​as the official name for North Korea. South Korea’s sports ministry said in a press release that it “regrets the announcement made during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, during which the South Korean delegation was introduced as the North Korean team.”

9.20 Heavy rain: Skiing competitions postponed
Heavy rain is falling in Paris, and Games organizers have been forced to postpone the skiing competition until Tuesday. Qualifying and finals were scheduled for today, but organizers announced a 48-hour postponement as forecasts indicate the bad weather is over.

8.35 Gambaro-Solazzo first Azzurri in competition
Barbara Gambaro and Danilo Denise Solazzo are the first Italians to compete in the 10m mixed rifle shooting qualifications.

8.30 Volleyball, De Giorgi: “Belasco and I are united for the gold we are missing”
“The Italian national team comes after a journey of excellence that lasted three years, but I always think about the European Championship that I lost in Rome. It must never happen again.” The words of the coach of the men's Italvolley team, Vivi De Giorgi, in light of today's first Olympic match against Brazil. “Velasco and I united in Paris for that gold that we were missing,” headlines the sports newspaper Repubblica.