Men's quadruple sculls Azzurri win silver at Vaires-sur-Marne: Italy back on the Olympic podium after 16 years

The 12th medal for Italia Team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has come from rowing.

On the waters of the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, the quartet composed of Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, and Giacomo Gentili (photo Luca by Pagliaricci/CONI) claimed silver in the men’s quadruple sculls. 

The final victory was claimed by the Netherlands (5:42.00), who started as the reigning Olympic and world champions, with the Azzurri crew (5:44.40) managing to secure the runner-up position over Poland (5:44.59) in the final metres of their duel.

For Italy, this marks a return to the Olympic podium in this discipline 16 years after the silver won at Beijing 2008 by Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri, Luca Agamennoni, and Simone Venier.