Carlo Tacchini and Gabriele Casadei added another medal to Italia Team's tally, bringing the total to 30 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, the Azzurri crew claimed silver in the C2 500, bringing an Italian two-man canoe back to the Olympic podium 64 years after Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia's second-place finish at Rome 1960 (in the C2 1000).

Casadei and Tacchini (photo by Luca Pagliaricci/CONI) had an extraordinary journey, finishing second in their heat to earn a direct spot in the semi-finals, avoiding the quarter-finals. They subsequently finished third in the semi-final, securing a place in Final A. In the final, after a slow start, they mounted an exceptional comeback, finishing in 1:41.08, just behind the Chinese duo of Hao Liu and Bowen Ji (1:39.48). The podium was completed by Spain's Joan Antoni Moreno and Diego Dominguez (1:41.18), who narrowly beat the neutral athletes Zakhar Petrov and Alexey Korovashkov (1:41.27).