Italy got two more swimming golds
Monday taking its medal haul at the Tokyo Paralympics up to 33
with 10 golds, 11 silvers and 12 bronzes, in eighth place behind
Brazil and Australia with 11 golds.
Arjola Trimi won the S3 (physical disability) 100m freestyle
gold, the second gold won by the 34-year-old from Milan after
Sunday's in the 50m backstroke.
Carlotta Gilli won the SM13 (partially sighted) 200m individual
medley, setting a new world record and garnering her fifth medal
of the Games.
Italy claimed silver in the men's 4X100m freestyle, beating the
previous world record like winners Australia.
Two bronzes also came Monday with Maria Andrea Virgilio in the
compound open archery event and Andrea Liverani in the 20m
standing SH2 mixed shooting.
And 45-year-old former Cuban shot putter Oney Tapia won the
bronze in the men's shot putt.
On Sunday Italy won three golds and fencing star Bebe Vio helped
the women's foil team to silver after winning gold in the
individual event Saturday.
The iconic fencer revealed she had nearly died of septicemia
earlier this year.
photo: Gilli
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