Le Fate shine with silver: Italia women’s team on the Olympic podium after 96 years

A legendary achievement by the artistic gymnastics team, known as Le Fate, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The performance of the quintet made up of Manila Esposito, Alice D’Amato, Angela Andreoli, Giorgia Villa, and Elisa Iorio was a heartwarming one at the Bercy Arena, securing a fabulous silver medal and bringing the Italian women back to the podium in the Olympic team all-around event for the first time in 96 years, after the country’s silver at the Amsterdam 1928 edition.

The Azzurre (photo Simone Ferraro/CONI), who scored the second-best mark in the qualifications (166.861), confirmed their runner-up position on the podium at the end of the final, finishing with 41.665 on the vault, 42.655 on the uneven bars, 41.199 on the beam, and 39.965 on the floor exercise, for a total score of 165.494. The only team to surpass the tricolour team was the United States (171.296), while Brazil (164.497) and Great Britain (164.263) finished in third and fourth positions respectively, with Great Britain attempting unsuccessfully to challenge Italy's second place in the final rotation.