Consonni and Guazzini make history: triumph in the Madison delivers Italia Team's 11th gold medal

Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini delivered an extraordinary performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, the Italian duo executed a tactically flawless race, boldly securing first place in the Madison track cycling event, earning Italia Team their 11th gold medal of this five-ringed event (surpassing the tallies of Tokyo 1964, Athens 2004, and Tokyo 2020).

The two Italians (photo by Antonio Fraioli/CONI), who celebrated the greatest victory of their careers, completed their exceptional race with a total of 37 points, a score that placed them ahead of the highly regarded Great Britain team of Elinor Barker and Neah Evans (silver with 31) and the Netherlands duo of Maike van der Duin and Lisa van Belle (bronze with 28).

For Italy, this is a historic gold. In this discipline, the previous best was a bronze medal in the men’s event at the Sydney 2000 edition, won by the tandem of Silvio Martinello and Marco Villa.