The Italian Federico Nilo Maldini won silver in the 10 meter pistol competition at the Paris Olympics while Paolo Monna took bronze.
The Chinese Yu Xie won with a score of 240.9 ahead of Maldini, a 23-year-old carabiniere from Bologna, who scored 240.0. Monna, who took the bronze, is also a carabiniere, is 26 years old and is from Carovigno in Puglia. This year he won gold at the European Championships.
«It's an extraordinary medal, I can't find the words but I'm really happy – commented Maldini -. Having taken it together with Paolo Monna is even more beautiful: we spent many moments together, but we had never stood on the podium together, and on the Olympic one it is even more beautiful. When I realized that we had both medaled - he adds - the happiness increased. I am very happy to share this moment with him. The last Italian double in 1932? To think that it happens every 100 years makes me over the moon ."
(Unioneonline/D)
