They will be the cyclist Luca Mazzone and the track and field sprinter Ambra Sabatini the flag bearers of the Squadra Azzurra at the XVII Summer Paralympic Games Of Paris 2024. “I am very honored to be able to take on this role, it’s a dream that I have always had in my drawer”, commented with joy Sabatini, a young star of paralympic athletics. Then she added: “This call overwhelmed me with emotion: just saying it out loud makes me happy beat hard the heart”.
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The story of Ambra Sabatini
Ambra Sabatini was born in Livorno on January 19, 2002 but grows to Porto Ironsmith, in the province of Grosseto. Athletics is not the first sport of 22ennewho has dedicated herself since she was a child to skating and to volleyball. Then the love for the track and in particular for the middle distance. A 17 years but she remains involved in a car accident which costs her amputation from the left leg above the knee. After the rehabilitation phase, he first approached swimming and cycling and then returned to athletics, but this time sprint. The debut in this discipline dates back to 2021, on the occasion of the Dubai World Cup, where he won the gold medal in the 100 meters. The preamble to the triumph of Paralympic Games Of Tokyo where two victories arrive, in 100 it’s us 200 meters, breaking the 30-second barrier. At the Paris 2023 World Cup, Sabatini establishes the world record of the 100 meters with 13”98. Today she is the fastest Paralympic sprinter in the world. For the athlete Yellow Flames the experience of being the Italian flag bearer at the Paralympic Games, which will be held from August 28th all’September 8, is the culmination of a dream: “This call overwhelmed me with emotion: just saying it out loud makes my heart beat faster. I would like to thank the president of the Italian Paralympic Committee, Luca Pancalli, and all the members of the council for believing in me. I will do my best to do this as best as possible very important task,” declared the Italian.
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Who is Luca Mazzone
Luca Mazzone is one of the greatest athletes in the history of paralympic movement Italian. In a wheelchair for a dive from the age of 19 yearsMazzone first approaches the I swimwith which he takes part in three editions of the Paralympic Games: Sydney 2000 (where he won 2 silver medals, in the 50 and 200 freestyle), Athens 2004 e Beijing 2008. After Beijing he dedicated himself to cycling. In the handbike specialty he participated in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, collecting 1 gold in the chrono1 gold in team relay and 1 silver in the road race in Brazil, 1 gold in the team relay, 1 silver in the road race and 1 silver in the time trial in Japan. At the World Cycling Championships, from 2013 to today, he boasts 18 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze.
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