tips, outsiders, athletes on the launch pad

10-10-20. We start again from these unforgettable numbers, with which Italy concluded the memorable and indelible edition of Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021 due to the postponement due to the health emergency). The qualifiers towards Paris 2024 they already started last year and will definitively come to life in the coming months.

From what we have seen in 2022, Italy can legitimately harbor the ambition of trying to further improve the already sumptuous haul achieved in Japan. It is clear that the probable absence of Russia and Belarus (but the issue appears far from a definitive solution) could open up further medal chances for the Bel Paese, in particular in sports such as artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, athletics, wrestling, boxing, fencing and shooting. However, this should not make us underestimate the potential of a tricolor movement which in the past year has highlighted a continuously and decisively growing trend.

But who will be the Italians to count on to get on the podium in France and, possibly, sing the Mameli anthem? Let’s discover them sport by sport with a bag that will keep you company until the Paris Games and which we will constantly update. For each discipline you will find the most concrete candidates for medals, the outsiders and the new faces on the launch pad. Because on OA Sport, as our most loyal readers will know by now, the Olympics don’t last 16 days, but 4 years! Good fun.

PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS BAG

Last updated: April 17, 2024

SPORT CLIMBING

Medal cards: Matteo Zurloni (speed)

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: Ludovico Fossali (speed)

ATHLETICS

Medal cards: Marcell Jacobs (100 metres), Massimo Stano (20 km walk), Antonella Palmisano (20 km walk), men’s 4×100 metres, mixed pairs walk relay, Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump), Andy Diaz (triple jump ), Zane Weir (shot put), Leonardo Fabbri (shot put), Mattia Furlani (long jump)

Outsiders: Filippo Tortu (200 metres), Alessandro Sibilio (400 hs), Sara Fantini (hammer throw), Francesco Fortunato (20 km walk), women’s 4×100, Larissa Iapichino (long jump), Lorenzo Simonelli (100 hs) , Zaynab Dosso (100 meters), Lorenzo Simonelli (110 hs)

On the launch pad: Pietro Arese (1500 meters), Simone Barontini (800 meters)

BADMINTON

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

BASKETBALL 3X3

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

BEACH VOLLEY

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: Samuele Cottafava-Paolo Nicolai, Adrian Carambula-Alex-Ranghieri

On the launch pad: Valentina Gottardi-Marta Menegatti

BREAK DANCE

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

SOCCER

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

SPEED CANOE

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: Carlo Tacchini-Gabriele Casadei (C2 500 meters)

On the launch pad: –

SLALOM CANOE

Medal cards: Stefanie Horn (K1 women), Giovanni De Gennaro (K1 men), Paolo Ceccon/Raffaello Ivaldi (C1 men)

Outsiders: Stefanie Horn (extreme slalom)

On the launch pad: Elena Borghi/Marta Bertoncelli (C1 women)

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BOATING

Medal cards: men’s lightweight doubles, 4 men’s sculls, senior men’s doubles, 4 without seniors

Outsiders: women’s lightweight doubles

On the launch pad: female eight

ROAD CYCLING

Medal cards: Filippo Ganna (men’s time trial), Elisa Balsamo (women’s road race), Elisa Longo Borghini (women’s road race)

Outsiders: Vittoria Guazzini (women’s time trial)

On the launch pad: –

TRACK CYCLING

Medal cards: women’s team pursuit, men’s team pursuit

Outsiders: madison men, omnium men, madison women, omnium women

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ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Medal cards: Women’s national team (team event), Men’s national team (team event)

Outsiders: Carlo Macchini (bars), Manila Esposito (beam), Alice D’Amato (uneven bars)

On the launch pad:

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

Medal cards: Sofia Raffaeli (individual general competition), National Italy team (team general competition)

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

GOLF

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

FIELD HOCKEY

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

JUDO

Medal cards: Assunta Scutto (-48 kg), Odette Giuffrida (-52 kg), Alice Bellandi (-78 kg), Manuel Lombardo (-73 kg), Christian Parlati (-90 kg)

Outsiders: Elios Manzi (-66 kg), Antonio Esposito (-81 kg), Asya Tavano (+78kg)

On the launch pad: –

STRUGGLE

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: Frank Chamizo (-74 kg freestyle)

On the launch pad: –

I SWIM

Medal cards: 4×100 freestyle men, Thomas Ceccon (100 backstroke and 100 freestyle), Nicolò Martinenghi (100 breaststroke), Simona Quadarella (800 and 1500 freestyle), Benedetta Pilato (100 breaststroke), Alberto Razzetti (200 and 400 freestyle, 200 butterfly )

Outsiders: Alessandro Miressi (100m freestyle), Margherita Panziera (200m backstroke), 4x100m medley men’s, Sara Franceschi (400m medley), Gregorio Paltrinieri (800m and 1500m freestyle)

On the launch pad: –

CROSS-COUNTRY SWIMMING

Medal cards: Gregorio Paltrinieri (10 km), Domenico Acerenza (10 km)

Outsiders: Arianna Bridi (10 km)

On the launch pad: –

ARTISTIC SWIMMING

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

BASKETBALL

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: Men’s national team

On the launch pad: –

HANDBALL

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

WATER POLO

Medal cards: Settebello

Outsiders: Setterosa

On the launch pad: –

VOLLEYBALL

Medal cards: National men’s team, National women’s team

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

MODERN PENTATHLON

Medal cards: Elena Micheli, Alice Sotero, Giorgio Malan

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

WEIGHTLIFTING

Medal cards: Sergio Massidda (-61 kg), Antonino Pizzolato (-89 kg)

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

BOXING

Medal cards: Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (-92 kg), Irma Testa (-57 kg)

Outsiders: Angela Carini (-66 kg), Giordana Sorrentino (-50 kg), Salvatore Cavallaro (-80 kg)

On the launch pad: Sirine Chaarabi (-54 kg), Diego Lenzi (+92 kg)

RUGBY A 7

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

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FENCING

Medal cards: Alice Volpi (women’s foil), Arianna Errigo (women’s foil), Martina Favaretto (women’s foil), Tommas Marini (men’s foil), Filippo Macchi (men’s foil), Rossella Fiamingo (women’s épée), Mara Navarria (women’s épée), Alberta Santuccio (women’s épée), Davide Di Veroli (men’s épée), women’s foil team, men’s foil team, women’s épée team, men’s épée team

Outsiders: Daniele Garozzo (men’s foil), Andrea Santarelli (men’s épée), Luca Curatoli (men’s sabre), Luigi Samele (men’s sabre), Martina Criscio (women’s sabre), Rossella Gregorio (women’s sabre)

On the launch pad: Valerio Cuomo (men’s épée), Michele Gallo (men’s sabre), Michela Battiston (women’s sabre)

SKATEBOARD

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

EQUESTRIAN SPORTS

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

SURF

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: Leonardo Fioravanti

On the launch pad: –

TAEKWONDO

Medal cards: Vito Dell’Aquila (-58 kg), Simone Alessio (-80 kg)

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: Ilenia Matonti (-49 kg)

TENNIS*

Medal cards: Jannik Sinner

Outsiders: Sinner/Sonego (men’s doubles), Bolelli/Vavassori (men’s doubles), Errani/Paolini (women’s doubles)

On the launch pad: –

*It will be played on clay

TABLE TENNIS

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

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SHOOTING

Medal cards: Danilo Dennis Sollazzo (10 meter rifle), Paolo Monna (10 meter pistol)

Outsiders: Federico Nilo Maldini (10 meter pistol), Edoardo Bonazzi (10 meter rifle)

On the launch pad: –

SKEET SHOOTING

Medal cards: Silvana Stanco (women’s trap), Jessica Rossi (women’s trap), Diana Bacosi (women’s skeet), Luigi Lodde (men’s skeet), mixed pairs skeet, Mauro De Filippis (men’s trap)

Outsiders: Martina Bartolomei (women’s skeet), Massimo Fabbrizi/Giovanni Pellielo (men’s trap), Gabriele Rossetti (men’s skeet)

On the launch pad: –

ARCHERY

Medal cards: Mauro Nespoli (men’s individual bow)

Outsiders: women’s team, men’s team, mixed pairs competition

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TRIATHLON

Medal cards: –

Outsiders: –

On the launch pad: –

DIVES

Medal cards: Chiara Pellacani/Elena Bertocchi (3 meter synchronized springboard), Giovanni Tocci/Lorenzo Marsaglia (3 meter synchronized springboard)

Outsiders: Sarah Jodoin Di Maria (10 meter platform), Chiara Pellacani (3 meter trampoline)

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SAIL

Medal cards: Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (Nacra17), Marta Maggetti (iQFoil), Nicolò Renna (iQFoil), Riccardo Pianosi (Formula Kite), Germani-Bertuzzi (women’s 49er)

Outsiders: Chiara Benini Floriani (ILCA 6), Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini (ILCA 6)

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