Trio of Italian champions on stage at the Paris Games

ROME (ITALPRESS) – A trio of champions intent on taking Italian weightlifting to the top at the upcoming Summer Games. The three athletes who won the Olympic pass for Paris 2024 were officially presented in Rome: Sergio Massidda, Nino Pizzolato and Lucrezia Magistris. During the event organized on the sidelines of the Under 17 national finals, the three athletes also revealed the costume they will wear on the platform of the Games. “For me it’s the second Olympics but the emotion doesn’t change, it’s always as if it were the first time – the words of Nino Pizzolato, cat. 89 Kg – Just as I wanted the Tokyo Olympics, I now want the Paris Olympics. I come from a complicated period and for me getting on that stage, treading it, enjoying it to the full is a dream I’ve had since I started doing this sport. Emotions don’t change, grit or determination doesn’t change; what has changed is my maturity, competitive and human. We’re going to Paris to have a high-level race and, as I always say, the most stubborn one will win.” “I am the first to have obtained the qualification for Paris with my best international performance, so with great pride I will go on the Olympic platform conquered with so much effort – explains Sergio Massidda, cat. 61 Kg – Now that I have matured the matter, with a clear head I can say that in addition to being a great emotion, I am going to Paris with a clear awareness of what I can do, with a lot of hunger and a lot of determination”. Thus Lucrezia Magistris, cat. 59 kg: “It was a great emotion to see the official ranking list in Paris with my name. I’ve been waiting for over a month for it to come out, obviously I was hoping for this result and I’m very happy. It was a very long journey, full of sacrifices, crises and satisfactions but it was worth it. Now we have to start preparing for the match, so we need to get back into the game and give our best as always.” “We are satisfied for our three athletes who will go to Paris – assures the technical director of Team Italia Fipe, Sebastiano Corbu – The Olympic qualification is a very long and hard path and Sergio, Nino and Lucrezia have earned the pass on the platform. Now that there are just over two months left until the competition, we will focus on preparing our athletes to bring them into the competition in the best physical and mental condition.” “For me it is an extraordinary result to have achieved the fifth Olympic qualification out of five Olympics since we have managed Fipe, demonstrating that the very hard work done to cleanse this discipline from doping has borne fruit which has also corresponded to the technical growth of our movement – ​​concludes the president of the Italian Weightlifting Federation, Antonio Urso – The truly commendable work of these athletes and their technicians lies in this very difficult qualification process which is the real challenge of this discipline. The Olympic race is different from all the others as there are countless variables to consider. The certain thing is that our athletes will be protagonists and will compete until the last lift”. – Photo by the Fipe Press Office – (ITALPRESS).