Women’s boxing. The 21-year-old from Pavia has just returned from a successful tour in the Czech Republic after a five-month break
Rebecca Nicoli picked up where she left off, that is, as a winner. At the first tournament played with the national team jersey after a long injury and a hip operation that kept her away from the ring for five months, the former Italian kg champion. 60 won the tournament in Usti and Labem, in the Czech Republic. The goal of the left-hander from Pavia is now represented by the European qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games, which will take place in Paris from 4 to 8 June. The Olympic boxing tournament was suspended on March 16 last year in London due to the pandemic. She will recover with the situation in place at the time of the suspension: Rebecca who will have to play the second round in kg. 60.
«I am very happy – explains the boxer from Pavia, born in 1999, registered with the Fiamme Oro – in the Czechia a positive return test was concluded after a long rehabilitation. I won three matches held with the awareness of having followed a scrupulous preparation program, studied in detail thanks to the synergies existing between Federpugilato and Gs Fiamme Oro, which allowed me to present myself in good shape ».
The excitement of returning to the ring
Getting on the square after a long time was difficult. «I would say exciting – Rebecca smiles – before the debut match the thought went back to the injury, the surgery, the convalescence, the rehabilitation, the preparation and again the discomfort, the anxiety, the fear of not making it. Now those ghosts have been cast out, now I am aware of them, I am back ». Rebecca could pick up the scepter left by Giovanni Parisi, because she would be the second boxer and the first Pavia-born boxer to go to the Olympics: “The matches in the Czech Republic – underlines the young woman who left AP Pavia – helped to regain confidence with the competition, test the physical and mental state, resume rhythms and refine movements. I am quite satisfied with my performance, much remains to be done to present myself to the selection in the best form but there is time and I am confident ».
For Rebecca there is no participation in other tournaments, but a tight program of refinement training, with two daily sessions, six days a week, all technical and specific works. «There is a month to go until the first big appointment where I will have to win the Olympic pass – she concludes – a dream I have had since I was a child. It was 2004, the year of the Athens Olympics, while I was following the competitions I said that my future would be to play the Olympics, causing some ironic chuckles. And yet today I am here, determined and determined to realize my childhood aspiration. A big thank you goes to Federpugilato and Fiamme Oro, who continued to believe in me, supporting me in all my needs, to Fabio Morbidini, who took care of my rehabilitation, to the staff of the national team, to my teacher Gianni Birardi to whom he also goes a piece of heart, to all those who have been close to me and last, but not least, to Raffaele, my boyfriend, who supported me and endured me in the darkest moments, supported me in my convalescence and great motivations in the restart, a unique and precious companion helped me to be calm and confident in full recovery ». –
Maurizio Scorbati
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