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World Championships, Leonardo Fabbri silver
The words of Leonardo Fabbri
Immediately a resounding Italian medal on the first day of the World Championships in Budapest. It is Leonardo Fabbri’s wonderful silver in the shot put with a fantastic throw of 22.34. Extraordinary feat for the 26-year-old Florentine, the second Italian ever and fifth European in history, beaten only by U.S. world record holder Ryan Crouser who in the last round with 23.51 comes within a whisker of his record of 23.56 set at the end of May. On the third step was two-time world champion Joe Kovacs (USA), bronze medalist with 22.12, while New Zealand’s Tom Walsh also went over twenty-two meters, but remained off the podium with 22.05. In the morning’s qualification the Air Force holder had gone ahead with 20.74 as the last of the promoted, with the twelfth measure, but in the final he exalts himself with an advance of 35 centimeters after three years. It was a magical evening for the Tuscan colossus, who after a couple of difficult seasons had returned to prominence this year with success at the Golden Gala in Florence and a series of competitions above 21.70 showing continuity of performance. The exploit on the third attempt of a memorable final, then he also came close to twenty-three meters in a subsequent throw but left the platform and was nil. Huge joy for the Italian: a Florentine is again silver at the World Championships in the weight, 36 years after Alessandro Andrei in Rome ’87.
“I dreamed of it for a lifetime,” Fabbri says, “then many times I woke up, but now that day has come. I am so happy, I dedicate it to my coach Paolo Dal Soglio who has always been close to me even in the less easy moments. I’ve never been so good, I’m sorry I made only one throw at 22 meters, but I think I’m worth even higher measures and today I proved it.” Eleventh was the other Italian Zane Weir with 19.99.
In the 100 meters Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, third in his battery in 10.15 (-0.4), goes to the semifinals while Samuele Ceccarelli, 10.26 (-0.6), is eliminated. In the finals in the triple jump Emmanuel Ihemeje who jumped 16.91 (+0.3), mocked instead Tobia Bocchi, first of the excluded with 16.66 (-0.2). Promoted to the semifinals in the 1500 meters Pietro Arese (3:34.48), out Ossama Meslek (3:35.12) and Joao Bussotti (3:48.55). On Sunday, on the second day of the World Championships, 20 Azzurri competed: at 7:15 a.m. the 20-kilometer march with Antonella Palmisano, Valentina Trapletti and Eleonora Giorgi, in the afternoon the finals of Larissa Iapichino in the long run, Yeman Crippa in the 10,000 meters and the double round with semifinals and eventual finals of the 100 meters with Marcell Jacobs.
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So Alessandro Nesta, Monza coach, on the eve of the match against Como: “It’s an important match for us because it’s been a difficult season, we’ve been missing something. Winning a derby can help put a piece to the season, it would be important, we hope to do well.”
Facing us will be mister Cesc Fabregas who in the conference spoke of a Monza that was difficult to beat and that, net of the standings, put many teams in trouble: “I return the esteem because he plays great soccer, his idea has been seen throughout the championship. I have to congratulate him”.
The derby against the Larians will be the first ever in Serie A at the’U-Power Stadium: “I hope tomorrow will be anyone’s day, anyone who wants to do their best to make history. If you win 1-0, 30 years from now we will remember that derby won because of a player. It’s an opportunity to stay in the history of this club. I would rather win the derby than finish second to last. You are always relegated, but if you win the derby you stay in history”.
Nesta recovers, at least for the bench, Luca Caldirola, Andrea Carboni and Stefano Sensi. “What I try to convey to the players are the difficulties I had. I had surgery 10 times and stopped at 38. All players have difficulties, but it matters how you react to difficulties. It’s easy to tell that I won the Champions League or that I won the World Cup, but you also have to tell that I lost a derby 5-1 and that I left the Olimpico in a helicopter. If you are given up for dead, you have to bring out the fire in you. Would I reconfirm myself next season? No, given the results”.
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When there were 30 minutes to the end of FP2 resumed the activity on the track, interrupted for the Jack Doohan’s very bad accident.
But the red flags were soon back flying for the’Fernando Alonso off the track, ended up in the sand without consequences for driver and car.
The tow truck had to intervene, however, to pull the’Aston Martin out of the gravel. Meanwhile, Doohan is at the medical center for checks.
Moral of the fairy tale, the second free practice session was interrupted four times by red flags, two due to Doohan and Alonso accidents and two due to principles of fire on the grass at the edge of the track due to very strong winds.
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Federica Brignone spent a quiet night at the La Madonnina Clinic in Milan. The Fisi Medical Commission that examined her this morning is satisfied with her post-operative course. Later in the day, the champion from Valle d’Aosta will begin assisted physiotherapy.
The ANSA reported the first words after the terrible injury at the Italian championships in Val di Fassa of the winner of the overall World Cup, the second of her career, as well as the downhill and giant slalom trophies and gold in giant slalom and silver in super-G at the World Championships.
“At the happiest time in my career, it just didn’t take, I had another month of work ahead of me and I was looking forward to it. Instead, I will have to face a new challenge in which I will put all of myself, as always,” Federica said.
“The track conditions were great, I was fine, and if I went back I would do everything the same again….trying, however, not to fall!” added Federica finding the strength to joke.
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