With just born lung surgery, Martino is now a swimming champion

WHEN we win the most coveted medal in Europe, there is the victory of an Italian athlete who has a double value: sporting and rebirth after an illness. It is the silver medal won at the Junior Swimming World Championships in the mixed 4×50 fin swimming relay by Martino Gabrielli, a 16-year-old Roman boy suffering from diaphragmatic hernia from birth.