Those hundred tricolor meters that enter the heart

In the magical year of Italian sport, at the end of a 2021 in which Italy painted the podium of the Paralympic 100 meters race in blue, thanks to the extraordinary Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi and Graziana Contrafatto, the tricolor Paralympic movement is confirmed at the top of the world. Among the many prestigious results, the Italian victory in the handbike relay in Tokyo is rich in significance: even without the leader Alex Zanardi, the blues Cecchetto, Mazzone and Colombari won the gold medal, as already in Rio 2016. And then, again, many spotlights on the successes of the foil player Bebe Vio, cover girl of the Italian Paralympic Committee of President Luca Pancalli: only from the Paralympics in the land of the Rising Sun, Italy has brought home 69 medals. To which must be added the international successes in several disciplines, from winter sports to sailing, which also includes the skill of Antonio Squizzato. The most prominent regional in 2021? Surely the Spilimberghese Katia Aere, wonderful double bronze medal at the Olympics and at the World Championships, and Antonio Fantin, multiple medal winner in swimming in Tokyo, where also the excellent Giada Rossi, still medal, five years after Rio de Janeiro and the young swimmers celebrated. giuliani Parenzan and Marchi. Results resulting from extraordinary work over the last ten years.

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