Italian athlete, Niccolo Campriani, got his third Olympic medal, winning the men’s 10m air rifle event on Day Three of Rio Olympics. The 28-year-old sharpshooter won silver in 2012, and gold in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions in London.
Another Italian, Johnny Pellielo, also won a silver medal after he was beaten in the final match by Croatia’s Josip Glasnovic in men’s trap competition.
These wins followed a two days full of medals for Italy’s table: Fabio Basile in judo and Daniele Garozzo in fencing gave Italy the first gold medals on Sunday.
Rossella Fiamingo won Italy’s first medal of the games on Saturday with silver in the women’s epee. Swimmer Emanuele Detti then went on to pick up bronze in the 400 metres freestyle. Also, the duo Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallape won their silver medals in women’s synchronized 3m springboard. Gabriele Detti won the bronze medal during the 400 meters freestyle. On Sunday, Odette Giuffrida also got the silver in the women’s 52-kilogram judo division and Elisa Longo Borghini won bronze in the women’s road cycling.
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