Six stories made of gold, organization and humanity

The Tokyo sky is getting more and more blue, even though it was raining yesterday, and it looked like an English moor. Ten medals won in one day: one gold, that of the cycling team in the name of Alex Zanardi, six silvers and three bronzes. Italy never ceases to amaze and the medal table says 58, like at the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games. But there is a big difference: in South Korea, there were only 61 countries, 162 in Tokyo, in Korea they competed a little more of 3 thousand athletes, now there are 4,400. The world and sport have expanded borders and globalized and to see the Italian team up there, in seventh place, behind Australia and in front of Brazil, is a triumph, which we begin to tell through the stories of six medals. gold of this edition (the other stories in the Sole 24 Ore on Sunday). There are the sacrifices of boys and girls, of families, of course, but also of federations and sports clubs prepared because otherwise it would not be explained how the Italian Paralympic swimming has brought 25 of its 29 athletes to the final. Commitment and sport as keys to achieving the dignity that these sportsmen deserve. And the country can grow with dignity.