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Il quinto oro europeo di Chiara Pellacani nel trampolino 3 metri sincro con Elisa Pizzini

06 Aug

Chiara Pellacani's fifth European gold medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard with Elisa Pizzini

Chiara Pellacani, Elena Bertocchi, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro, Oscar Bertone

Never before had an athlete won five gold medals in a single European Diving Championships. Chiara Pellacani achieved this feat, teaming with Elisa Pizzini topping the podium in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event after a flawless and dominant final with a score of 308.07, representing an Olympic medal-winning score. Ukrainians Kseniia Bochek and Diana Karnafel rounded out the podium with a score of 278.40, edging out Germany's Lena Hentschell and Jette Muller, who finished third with 274.59. This is Chiara Pellacani's fifth gold medal in as many events at the continental event in Paris. Italy returns…

Chiara Pellacani wins two European gold medals in diving, one with Matteo Santoro.

Chiara Pellacani, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro

After the world title, finally the continental one. Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro, world champions at Singapore 2025, won their second gold medal in diving at the European Championships in Paris, dominating the 3-meter synchro medley final with 305.85 points, the only two to surpass the 300-point threshold. Pellacani and Santoro were already on the top step of the European podium in the team event. Santoro and Pellacani are a duo that have now entered the history of Italian diving. Growing up together, bound by a relationship that transcends sport and which they themselves describe as almost brotherly, the two Roman divers based in the…

Gold for the Italian divers in the mixed team event at Euro Paris 2026

Chiara Pellacani, Euro Paris 2026, Matteo Santoro, Oscar Bertone, Raffaele Pelligra, Sarah Jodoin Di Maria, Mixed team event, Diving

The Italian divers won a gold medal at Euro 2026 Paris in the mixed team event, ahead of the Russians competing under neutral flag and the Ukrainians. Chiara Pellacani, Matteo Santoro, Sarah Jodoin Di Maria, and seventeen-year-old rookie Raffaele Pelligra scored 410.60 points, while the NAB team was second with 385.80 and Ukraine with 368.20. The first round of the individual three-meter springboard: Chiara Pellacani opened with a triple and a half backflip and earned 69.75 points, while Matteo Santoro followed her with a triple and a half backflip for 63 points. Italy was second with 132.75, and the NAB team was ahead.