{"id":3487,"date":"2026-08-26T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consolatosanmarino.uk\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:38:39","slug":"san-marino-celebrates-sporting-excellence-at-taranto-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consolatosanmarino.uk\/en\/news\/san-marino-celebrates-sporting-excellence-at-taranto-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"San Marino Celebrates Sporting Excellence at Taranto 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Republic of San Marino is celebrating an outstanding day at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ta2026.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediterranean Games Taranto 2026<\/a><\/strong>, with its athletes securing three medals in the sport of <em>bocce (bowling)<\/em>: <strong>two gold and one bronze<\/strong>, marking an impressive achievement for the San Marino delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacopo Frisoni<\/strong> delivered a remarkable performance in the men\u2019s singles, becoming Mediterranean Games champion after defeating Croatia\u2019s Zure <strong>8\u20133 in the final<\/strong>. Frisoni continued his success in the men\u2019s pairs, joining forces with <strong>Enrico Dall\u2019Olmo<\/strong> to secure a second gold medal in a closely contested final against Croatia\u2019s Piric and Zure, which was decided in the final hand, with San Marino prevailing <strong>7\u20136<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Marino also celebrated a podium finish in the women\u2019s pairs, where <strong>Stella and Giada Paoletti<\/strong> claimed the bronze medal following an impressive <strong>10\u20132 victory over Tunisia<\/strong>. Their performance added a third medal to the Republic\u2019s tally and further highlighted the strength and quality of San Marino\u2019s athletes on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these results, San Marino\u2019s medal tally at <strong>Taranto 2026<\/strong> stands at <strong>two gold medals and one bronze medal<\/strong>. The achievement also represents an improvement on the Republic\u2019s previous bocce results at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, where San Marino secured one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Consulate of the Republic of San Marino in the United Kingdom warmly congratulates Jacopo Frisoni, Enrico Dall\u2019Olmo, Stella Paoletti and Giada Paoletti, together with the coaches, officials and the wider San Marino delegation, on these exceptional results. Their success is a source of great pride for the Republic and a further testament to the determination, talent and sporting excellence of San Marino on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of San Marino is celebrating an outstanding day at the Mediterranean Games Taranto 2026, with its athletes securing three medals in the sport of bocce (bowling): two gold &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"San Marino Celebrates Sporting Excellence at Taranto 2026\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consolatosanmarino.uk\/en\/news\/san-marino-celebrates-sporting-excellence-at-taranto-2026\/#more-3487\" aria-label=\"More on San Marino Celebrates Sporting Excellence at Taranto 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>San Marino Celebrates Sporting Excellence at Taranto 2026 - Consulate of San Marino to the UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consolatosanmarino.uk\/en\/news\/san-marino-celebrates-sporting-excellence-at-taranto-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Marino Celebrates Sporting Excellence at Taranto 2026 - Consulate of San Marino to the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Republic of San Marino is celebrating an outstanding day at the Mediterranean Games Taranto 2026, with its athletes securing three medals in the sport of bocce (bowling): two gold ... 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