PERUGIA – The news started circulating on Friday evening and soon spread around the region: Giacomo Gionangeli didn’t make it and had to give up in the most important match, cut short at just 32 years of age.
The Basket Academy, among many others, announced the news in a long post on Facebook: «We fought many battles on the pitch, side by side, making each other strong. We know well what it means to not give up even when it seems over, to fight with determination until the siren sounds: a strong defense, a rebound, a recovered ball, a triple that restores hope… continue to fight, always together with enthusiasm! But the battle you fought wasn’t played on a basketball court, it’s not comparable, but you were able to face it with the same determination. Jonah you were a rock, a warrior, it was you who gave us the strength to hope, you fought until the end and you taught us once again not to give up, you taught us to look fear in the face and it was your courage in facing the illness to give us these last months with you… At this moment we are all disconcerted, the pain is too strong, that of lifelong friends and travel companions joins the pain of your family, of Edo and Paola and of all your loved ones. We want to remember you like this, warrior, that after a great defense you fly on the counterattack. Hi Jonah »
Messages of condolence also arrived from Nestor Basket Marsciano and from many friends who really loved Giacomo.
