The athlete from Oristano, who returned after two years to participate in the tricolor event, imposed himself in both competed specialties
SASSARI. Stefano Oppo hits the double at the absolute Italian rowing championships, which took place in Corgeno, Lake Comabbio, in Varese.
The athlete from Oristano, who returned after two years to participate in the tricolor event, won both the competitions – double Senior and double Lightweight male – thus graduating twice as Italian champion paired with Niels Alexander Torre. A very important result in view of the upcoming international season. The first gold medal of the day was won in the men’s doubles Senior where he won, in addition to the Italian title, also the special trophy up for grabs, the “Rino Galeazzi” Cup. An exciting race, that of the blue tank top of the Carabinieri sports center, who went down into the water together with his boat mate determined to win, so much so that he immediately took the lead, defending himself in the first meters from the attacks of the crew of the CC Saturnia.
After this first victory Stefano Oppo gave an encore, winning the second Italian title, in the specialty more congenial to him, the one in the men’s double Lightweight. A victory of measure (6’35 “74) and in ease, which confirmed the excellent state of form of the two blue athletes, who have once again joined the National team in a meeting in Varese to prepare for the second stage of the World Cup in program from 8 to 10 July next, in Lucerne, Switzerland After Lucerne Oppo, in August, will be at the European Championships in Munich and, in September, at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.
sergio casano