Paris 2024: with girls volleyball, Italy reaches 345

The number of Italians qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics which will begin on Friday 26 July has risen to 345. What increased the Italia Team by 24 units compared to yesterday were the qualification of the Italian volleyball team and the ten Olympic cards assigned to tennis. To date there are 182 Italian men and 163 Italian women, qualified in 30 disciplines. Breaking news is the green light granted by the International Olympic Committee to judoka Kim Polling to defend the colors of Italy in the category up to 70 kilograms. The new Italian, four times European champion with the Netherlands, number one in the world between 2013 and 2017, who has been training at the Accademia Torino since 2016 and resides in San Mauro Torinese with her husband Andrea Regis (ex judoka) and with little Aurora is qualified by virtue of her placement in the Olympic ranking. In May Polling contributed to Italy winning bronze in the mixed team event at the Abu Dhabi World Championships. The record of Italian participation in the Summer Olympic Games is 384 on the occasion of the Tokyo 2021 edition. Italy will be present with at least one athlete, in shooting (7 Olympic cards and 1 individual pass), rhythmic gymnastics (7 cards ), shooting (6 passes), modern pentathlon (3 passes), diving (8 cards), boxing (8 passes; 4 men and 4 women), archery (4 cards), surfing (1 pass) , swimming (15 passes and 25 cards), sport climbing (1 pass), sailing (12 passes/9 crews), athletics (20 passes and 16 cards), canoeing (3 passes in speed; 3 passes in slalom), rowing (37 cards), equestrian sports (5 cards), artistic gymnastics (10 cards), cycling (7 cards on the road, 12 cards on the track, 4 cards in mountain biking, 1 card in BMX), fencing (12 women’s passes and 12 men’s passes), taekwondo (3 passes), cross-country swimming (3 passes), artistic swimming (9 passes), water polo (26 passes between Settebello and Setterosa), judo (11 passes), triathlon (5 passes), weights (3 pass), beach volleyball (6 passes), wrestling (1 card), badminton (1 pass), tennis (10 passes), men’s and women’s volleyball (26 cards total). The definitions of the rankings of some sports, the possibility of achieving the minimums (swimming and athletics) and the basketball qualifying tournament with Italy playing in Puerto Rico in early July are still missing. (AGI)