Paralympics, Italy's legendary hat-trick in the women's 100 metres

A legendary hat-trick for Italy in the final of the Women's 100 meters T63 category (athletes competing with a prosthetic limb) at the Tokyo Paralympics.

On the top step of the podium Amber Sabatini, a 19 year old originally from Livorno and resident in Porto Ercole (Grosseto), who achieved the best time in 14”11 record del mondo. Silver to Martina Caironi, 31 years old originally from Alzano Lombardo (Bergamo) and resident in Bologna (14”46) and bronze in Monica Graziana Contrafatto, 40 years old, originally from Gela (Caltanissetta) and resident in Rome (14”73). Italy thus reaches 69 medals at these Games.

This was the last race of the athletics program on the track of the Olympic stadium in Tokyo. Italy reaches 67 total medals in the medal table.

“We did it dirty, we are world champions”. This is how the Italian athletes Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto happily commented on Rai's microphones about their gold medal in the 100 metres at the Paralympics. “A great spirit has been created, we are very happy. The Anthem will be something exceptional. Congratulations to Ambra for the World Record”, said the veteran Caironi.

“It's what we dreamed of, it's beautiful”, replied the new Olympic champion Sabbatini who began competing after losing a leg in an accident, taking inspiration from Caironi, who also lost a limb after an accident in this way.

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“I also dedicate this medal to Afghanistan, a country that took something from me but gave me a lot.” Thus Monica Graziana Contrafatto she comments on RaiSport's microphones about the bronze medal she won in the 100 meters at the Tokyo Paralympics. An Army soldier, the Italian champion lost her right leg in 2012 during a mission in Afghanistan in a firefight in the province of Farah.

It was also the first female soldier of the Italian Army to be decorated. Invited to send a message to Afghan women in this difficult time, after theTaliban invasion, Contrafatto addressed all women: “We must always grit our teeth and move forward.”