Tokyo Paralympics, still medals for Italy

Luca Mazzone silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. After having conquered the second step of the podium in the time trial, Luca Mazzone also repeats himself in the road test (category H1 – H2). For the fifty-year-old from Terlizzi this is the seventh Paralympic medal (5 in cycling and two in swimming). “It was a difficult race” said the Italian in the heat at the end of the test. “The hard path was not so suitable for my characteristics, but I gave everything I had. I’m sorry not to be able to resume French, but I had this today. A medal that I want to dedicate to myself for all the sacrifices I have done and what I have set for myself in these Paralympics “, he added. To take the gold medal is the French Florian Jouanny, who finished with a time of 1: 49.36. The Spaniard Sergio Munoz Garrote completes the podium. A few hours later it is Katia Aere who gets on the podium, putting a beautiful bronze around her neck on her first Paralympic experience.