San Marino. Mediterranean Games: first day of bowls competitions. I doubles win the semifinal
They were Enrico Dall’Olmo and Jacopo Frisoni to inaugurate, in front of Captains Regent and al State Secretary for Sport Teodoro Lonferninithe competitions of the San Marino delegation at the Mediterranean Games.
Dall’Olmo himself, last night, had led the parade of the San Marino delegation waving, together with Alessandra Perilli, the blue-white flag in a chaotic Opening Ceremony, but which will especially be affected by the great warmth of the population of Oran.
Today, as mentioned, the first competitions, which saw only the bowls athletes involved.
The morning started in a positive way. Dall’Olmo and Frisoni, engaged in poule 1 of the men’s doubles, first faced France, exceeded 12 -9, and then the Italians Mattia Visconti and Marco Di Nicola, against whom they concentrated another great victory for 12-6 .
First challenge overcome in tranquility for the female double consisting of Anna Maria Ciucci and Stella Paoletti. The Egyptian couple that must face in the first meeting did not show up, giving the blue and white victory at a table (12-0). In the afternoon, then, it was Italy’s turn: against the blue Flavia Morelli and Ilaria Treccani the white and blue Ciucci and Paoletti concentrated the victory in a comeback for 12-7, closing in first place in the poule and accessing directly, as did Dall ‘Olmo and Frisoni, in the semifinals on Tuesday.
The individual clashes also started in the afternoon. Dall’Olmo won a table in his first match, due to the absence of the opponent, while Stella Paoletti will take the field at 18:00 local time (19:00 in Italy) against the French challenger.
The second of the poules are scheduled for tomorrow morning. The brothers will also debut tomorrow Myles and Malik Amine Mularoni in free wrestling e Marco De Rossi in the singular tennis tournament, the scoreboard of which will be known in the technical meeting scheduled in the late afternoon.