“One hundred days to the Olympics, I’ll tell you my emotions” – MolfettaLive.it

The countdown begins for athletes but above all for athletes from all over the world: in 100 days, the world’s sporting attention will focus on Paris 2024, on the Olympics returning to Europe.

There will be a piece by Molfetta to tell it. Born and raised with a love of sport and a passion for writing, Francesco Saverio Balducci embraced both his loves right from a very young age on these pages, before taking flight towards Milan: today he is Head of Social Media at Eurosport , telling all the beauty of sport that doesn’t always have the showcase and cover it deserves. And he does it very well, with fearsome numbers and interactions. With boundless love.

At just 29 years old, he will experience his second Olympics, after having recounted the beautiful emotions of Tokyo and an Olympics in an odd year, three years ago, after the covid of 2020.

“For me, talking about sport means experiencing a daily privilege – the words of Francesco Saverio Balducci – In the last five years, since my arrival at Eurosport, I have become part of a magnificent universe where every type of sport receives the same type of attention and story. It is absolutely not a form of snobbery towards football, on the contrary. However, being the home of the Olympics, our mission can only be to accompany enthusiasts not only during the days of the five-ring event, but also in the days, months and years preceding it. Which are often the hardest ones for athletes.”

Sacrifices which then lead to unique emotions, like those experienced three years ago. “For me, who deals with social media, Tokyo was an incredible Olympics. My top 3 of Tokyo? Perhaps filtering that river full of emotions into just three moments risks being reductive, but the first thought goes to Marcell Jacobs and the gold in the 100 meters. The queen race, dominated by Usain Bolt in the previous three editions of the Games, won by the athlete of his own country, I believe is the apotheosis for a sports fan. I confess to you that while I was publishing the post I was crying – his words – The gold in the high jump shared by Tamberi and Barshim, the perfect embodiment of the Olympic spirit, remains indelible, not only for the competitive feat, but also for the human side. Extra athletics, I’d like to mention the victory of the men’s quartet in the track cycling team pursuit, a sport loved by the Eurosport faithful”.

Eurosport is not just the Olympics, but also and above all what precedes the sporting event most awaited by everyone. It was impossible not to be glued to the TV for Sinner and other great companies. “Sinner’s Australian Open victory, despite being the most recent, is the one I will forever be linked to. Italy waited 47 years before triumphing again in a Slam and it happened in the tournament in which Warner Bros. Discovery (together with Roland Garros) holds the exclusive rights in our country. It was the closing of a first circle, especially for us who have always believed in this sport even in years in which our male tennis players struggled to achieve noteworthy results – says Francesco – I am also very attached to the victory of the Paris-Roubaix in Sonny Colbrelli and Sofia Goggia’s silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics, just 23 days after her knee injury.”

Beautiful feats that the big blue heart dreams of reliving at the home of its French cousins ​​in a hundred days. “What kind of Olympics will it be? We come from 40 medals. Repeating it would be unique, but I have good feelings. We certainly want to redeem ourselves in swimming and fencing, which have always been the source of many Azzurri triumphs. Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo will give us satisfaction and then we hope for the feat of our very young star Sofia Raffaeli, a strong candidate to take the gold in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics. Then the charm of the Olympics is that you can be both disappointed and surprised. There is nothing in writing”, the comment of the former Molfettalive pen.

But when you say the Olympics, it’s impossible not to think of athletics competitions. There where the Italian expedition has to defend many precious and heavy metals. “Repeat the feats of three years ago? Honestly it’s difficult, but only because in Tokyo they took us to Paradise. I would be delighted to be proven wrong, another 5 gold medals would be legendary. In addition to Captain Tamberi, watch out for triple player Andy Diaz who showed extraordinary abilities at the Molfetta Championships. The dream: Mattia Furlani on the podium”, the names to note according to the mind of Eurosport’s social networks.

With the pen in hand, the PC and the tablet, eyes swollen with tiredness. But the heart that beats strongly for sport. A piece by Molfetta will talk about the Paris Olympics. It will certainly not be smart working like three years ago, but Francesco Saverio Balducci’s dream is clear: to talk about the Olympic exploits, perhaps directly from the Parisian fields. The countdown begins for sports lovers, with the hope that Francesco can not only talk about Paris 2024, but he can experience it side by side with the champions.