Fantazzini ready to hit the track with the four-man bob “Excited, but loaded”

Tomorrow at 2.20 Italian time the first heat, the fourth and last Sunday at 4.30 “We want to show that Italy is also valid in this discipline”

PAVIA

The last race of the Olympic program of the Beijing Winter Games is the four-man bobsleigh: tomorrow at 2.20 am Italian time the first heat and at 4.05 am the second; Sunday at 2.30 the third heat and at 4.30 the final heat. The starting order will be announced tonight. Eric Fantazzini from Pavia is part of the blue crew.

«We are living the eve quite well – explains Fantazzini – we are excited, but energized because we have to take revenge and show the strength of the blue bob, after Italy placed twenty-first in the two-man bob. We must and want to show that we are competitive too, so we will give our best. We worked well on the track in training and mentally we are ready to give everything ». Fantazzini arrived in China with the other Azzurri on Monday 7 February. «We tried and tried again the race track – explains the 24 year old from Pavia of the Carabinieri sports group – a crazy structure, not only the track but also everything around it is colossal. The track is quite simple, even if it hides some pitfalls. It will be necessary to be careful and precise. The thrust piston is particular, the first ten meters are flat then it hangs a lot, so we will have to be good at pushing even on a very steep slope. Italy is winning a lot and every medal is a charge of energy for us, unfortunately we cannot celebrate collectively due to Covid. We try to avoid any possible external contact. We have to think about ourselves, to train well to play a good race. Head down and work, even if the enthusiasm and desire to do the best possible grows over the days ». –