July 29 – An Italian triumph in Cali, Colombia, at the World Games, the sporting event that covers the many disciplines not included in the Olympic Games program. The Italian rescue services team, in the two days of competition, collected five gold medals, seven silvers, five bronzes and three Games’ records. The big win allows Italy to enter for the first time the ILS World Games ranking with 361 points, ahead of France and Germany (326 and 303 points respectively). In the second day of competition, Stefano Costamagna won the gold medal in the 50m dummy transport and Federico Pinotti won the silver medal in the same race in the 4×25 relay dummy transport alongside Costamagna, Pinotti, Giordano and Bonanni. Finally, Francesco Bonanni won the bronze medal in the 100 meters with fins and torpedo dummy transport, and in the mixed 4×50 with Pinotti, Bonanni, Giordano and Costamagna. The Games were a great satisfaction for their coach, Antonello Cano.
