Rambaldi from Ferrara wins a silver medal in Switzerland, with a ‘view’ of Paris. The second World Cup race, which began last Friday on the famous waters of Lucerne’s Rotsee, has come to an end, with a total of nine crews involved in the race and a more than positive outcome. The silver medal was won by Luca Rambaldi and Matteo Sartori (Fiamme Gialle) in the Senior men’s doubles, doing well to stick to the pacesetter Holland who went on to win the gold, while Italy confirmed its place of honor ahead of Spain . For the two Italians, yesterday’s result represents an important injection of confidence for these last two months of training towards the Olympic Games, after they fell off the podium at the European Championships a month ago. Great satisfaction, therefore, for Luca Rambaldi from Ferrara, who is now aiming for the next events to reach Paris. A World Cup event that began on Friday morning with the preliminary heats. In the senior men’s doubles, the Ferrarese and Matteo Sartori engaged in the first qualifying heats, did not reach the direct final and had to complete the repechage matches. These were held on Saturday. A race which saw a good start for the Italians, the Italian crew did not lack pressure in the water, who despite conceding something continued to remain in the wake of France, but above all gained something over New Zealand, third. Attack by Luca Rambaldi and Matteo Sartori before 1500 metres, and Italy gets quite close to the French boat still in the lead, but with less of an advantage over the two Italians, who literally change gear at the end to try to win this recovery. The change pays off quite a bit, Italy grabs hold of France in the last 500 metres, overtakes them and in the last few moments they can even allow themselves to give up completely without losing first place, which is worth access to the final.
Mario Tosatti
