Passport to the Olympics: the Italians who have detached the ticket
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At the conclusion of the Princesa Sofia Iberostar Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, a major international pre-Olympic event (of which we show you a review of beautiful photos taken by Pedro Martinez /SailEnergy and Bernardi Bibilona), it is time for stocktaking: the Rio Olympics are just around the corner (sailing is on the calendar from August 5) and never before has the expectation around our athletes been as high as in this edition of the Games.
… BUT FIRST FEAST YOUR EYES: PALM SHOW!
EYES ON CONTI-CLAPCICH AND BISSARO-SICOURI
In fact, all of the Italian athletes who have already punched their Olympic ticket are potentially in the running for a medal. Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri, in the Nacra 17 mixed catamaran, have been at the top of the world for more than two years, and they are certainly not going to Brazil to make up the numbers. Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich (49er FX) are veterans of a historic triplete: rainbow, European and Italian titles. The two girls have all the credentials to make us dream.
HOPES ALSO FOR LASER AND RS:X
Francesco Marrai, among the Laser Standard, has also shown that he is at home in the waters of Rio, winning a pre-Olympics: and Flavia Tartaglini, currently ranked sixth in the ISAF RS:X women’s rankings (fresh from silver in Palma), will also have a chance to free herself from the yoke of Alessandra Sensini’s “eternal heir.” The next name to be made official should be (conditional is a must) Mattia Camboni in the men’s board at the expense of friend/rival Daniele Benedetti, while in the other classes the situation appears less clear.
THE “BIG BOHS”
In the Finn, the Michele Paoletti-Giorgio Poggi duopoly would seem to be resolved in favor of the former, but the last word is not said, with the World Championship in Gaeta (May 5-13) in between (could Filippo Baldassari also fit in?). As for the 470, unfortunately, Palma was bitter: neither the males nor the females managed to qualify the nation, the last two places being occupied by Ukraine and Israel. Italy has already qualified instead in the Radial and men’s 49er. But predictions about who will go (if go) to Brazil are impossible for now(Cherin-Tesei, Tita-Zucchetti or Dubbini-Dubbini among the 49er? Martha Faraguna or Joyce Floridia among the Radials?).
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