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In the summer of this year they were carried
out in Greece, in Athens, the Olympic Games.
These Games have been characterized by the
controversies for the delay in the construction of the sports facilities, by the cases of
doping and above all by the fear of possible terrorist attacks.
But omitting these particulars, these Games
had a great value for Italy if we consider the
number of medals gained: up to 32!!!
The Italian successes carried to the conquest
of 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 11 bronze
medals. The medals were won from the first day until the conclusion with the extraordinary
victory of Stefano Baldini in the Marathon race (photo).
A high number of medals, up to 10, were won
by the team games, as the gold in the volleyball in feminine field, the masculine silvers
in the basket and volleyball, and the bronze in soccer. If on one side the team got numerous triumphs, the athletes engaged in the
swimming contest were disappointed, regarding the prevision, above all in the individual
one.
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SILVER THAT WORTHS LIKE A GOLD
A positive balance for the basket team
trained by Recalcati, second place, silver
that worths like gold, even if it remains a small sorrow for the final lost that it could
be avoided as demonstrated by the victory on the Argentines in the fixtures of
qualification.
These Olympic Games have carried to the
unravelled of two great teams going to Greece like great favourites: the Serbia Montenegro
which has concluded the tournament at the penultimate place
and the USA that have
concluded with a bronze medal.
THE YOUNG ITALY
An optimal result in Athens 2004 has been
caught up in soccer, in fact the team trained by Gentile got the third place. This result
brought a great hope because it was composed
by very young boys, of which many veterans from the last European Under 21 carried out in
Germany.
The team showed skill, spirit of group and enviable
technical ability.
written by : Umberto Polizzi ( free9@itcgbianchi.mi.it )
