Tokyo 2020, Paltrinieri silver in the 800s

Gregorio Paltrinieri silver medal in 800 freestyle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The blue closes the final in second place with an extraordinary performance in 7’42 ” 11 behind the American Robert Finke, gold in 7’41 ” 87, and ahead of the Ukrainian Mihaylo Romanchuk, bronze in 7’42”33. Paltrinieri, protagonist of a disappointing heat, gives a masterpiece race led from the beginning to the last meters. Only the sprint of Finke, who explodes in the final, denies the triumph to the blue.