ROME (ITALPRESS) – “We will have to focus the sports policy of this federation in the search for talent, raising the quality of our matches and the technical-tactical one of our athletes. We will certainly work with our clubs, pushing them in this direction, and also with the representative blue youth, which are the sprout from where that quality can grow that, we hope, can be transformed into the champion of tomorrow “. The president of the Italian Boxing Federation, Flavio D’Ambrosi, summarizes his ‘mission’ at the head of Italian boxing. Which is still on the hunt for Olympic passes after the suspension of the European qualifying tournament in London due to Covid-19. For this reason, the appointment in Paris (4-8 June) becomes crucial for the tricolor gloves, which in Tokyo will not be able to field in the five-ring ring Russo and Mangiacapre, two big players already eliminated. “Unfortunately, the pandemic has hit us too, hard – explains D’Ambrosi in a forum in the Roman headquarters of Italpress – An entire world tournament has been canceled and those boxers who have not made it to London will not be able to face a match. We still have seven athletes in the running, including Imma Testa: we have prepared them very well and we hope that this tournament will give us some satisfactions, with our qualifiers as in every four-year period. And I also hope for something else: in 2016 we didn’t have medals in Rio, we have to make a positive change in this four-year period right now “. Russo’s absence from the Games is heavy above all in terms of image, given that the Olympic vice-champion in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 was also included in the possible lottery for the role of standard-bearer: “Clemente would have crowned the dream of the fifth Olympiad. , but this pandemic has denied him access to earn the pass for Tokyo, and consequently we have followed the dictates of the commission appointed by the IOC “. (ITALPRESS). mc / gm / red 27-May-21 17:38
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