First Italian medal at Paris 2024: Ganna takes silver in the time trial in front of President Mattarella

Filippo Ganna is the first Italia Team athlete to secure a medal at Paris 2024.

The Azzurro finished the cycling time trial with a time of 36:27.08, earning the silver medal. Only Belgium's Remco Evenepoel did better, winning in 36:12.16. The podium was completed by another Belgian athlete, Wout van Aert, who finished third with a time of 36:37.79.

The other Azzurro in the race, Alberto Bettiol, finished eighteenth with a time of 38:06.77.

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was in attendance at the race.

This marks the second Olympic medal in Filippo Ganna's career and his first on the road, having previously won gold in the team pursuit on the track at Tokyo 2020 alongside Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon, and Jonathan Milan (photo by Luca Pagliaricci CONI).