Silver for Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni in the Madison: Italia Team’s 38th medal at Paris 2024

The Italian flag waves again at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, following the historic victory of Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini, Italia Team secured a podium spot in the men’s Madison track cycling event as well, thanks to a memorable performance by the duo of Elia Viviani (photo by UCI) and Simone Consonni, who claimed the silver medal.

The Italian pair delivered a thrilling performance, dominating much of the race. However, in the final sprints, following a costly fall by Consonni, the Portuguese team made up of Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira took the lead and held on to it to seal the gold with a 55-point tally. The Italians followed with 47 points, securing second place and fending off challenges from Denmark’s Niklas Larsen and Michael Mørkøv (41 points) as well as New Zealand’s Aaron Gate and Campbell Stewart (33 points) and Japan’s Shunsuke Imamura and Kazushige Kuboki (30 points).

This marks Italia Team's 38th medal at these Games, and the second-ever in this event for the men’s team, following the bronze won by Silvio Martinello and Marco Villa 24 years ago in Sydney.