The 25-year-old from Zenevredo in the blue triathlon team on July 31 the relay that could give a medal
PAVIA
With Angelica Olmo, the number of athletes from Pavia who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics rises to five, a record: in addition to the 25-year-old from Zenevredo who will compete in the mixed relay, the relay of the triathlon, they have already obtained the qualification Rebecca Nicoli in boxing, Federico Burdisso in swimming, Mauro Nespoli in archery and Manfredi Rizza in canoeing.
To find a larger participation, it is necessary to disturb the “butterflies” of the Pavese Gymnastics with the historic team silver of 1928. The two girls of the Pavia patrol already certain of their presence in Tokyo are well under 30 years old: Nicoli is 21 and Olmo will celebrate the 25th just tomorrow.
Angelicao’s confirmation in Tokyo arrived only yesterday. “We have won a record number of five Olympic appearances – underlined – said the technical director of the Italian national triathlon team, Alessandro Bottoni – the athletes were selected on the basis of the characteristics of the Olympic race, the physical qualities of each and the course” . Zenevredo’s blue and new Olympian screamed all her joy on social media: «I’m going to Tokyo 2020! It seemed like yesterday that I was watching the Beijing Olympics and now I’m about to fly to Japan – he posted – Thanks to all those who allowed me to fulfill the dream. I’m overjoyed ».
For his part, the federal vice president and president of the Raschiani Triathlon Team (which has entered into a collaboration with Pianeta Acqua, a former company of Olmo), Andrea Libanore said: “For me it was an honor and pride as a Pavese to be able to approve, at the end of the federal council, the presence of Angelica Olmo among the names of the athletics will go to Tokyo. It is a historic moment for our national triathlon team that in this edition of the Games will make its debut in the mixed relay. of which Angelica will probably be one of the protagonists after having contributed to her qualification in the Lisbon races at the end of May. It is also an important moment for our province because for the first time an athlete from Pavia will compete in the Olympic triathlon. It will be exciting to cheer the national team and Angelica, who will compete on July 31st ».
First pass to Nespoli
The first from Pavia to qualify for Tokyo was the archer from Voghera Mauro Nespoli, a veteran of the Games (gold in London 2012) who hopes to get the team pass after the individual pass. Then Federico Burdisso in the 200 butterfly (silver and new Italian record at the European Championships), in the 100 butterfly and in the relay; the canoeist Manfredi Rizza in K1 200; finally Rebecca Nicoli in the 60 kg category at the pre-Olympic tournament in Paris beat the Greek Pita in the play-off match that was worth the Games. –
Maurizio Scorbati