ANCONA – The countdown to next Olympics it began: this morning, June 15th, the athlete presentation ceremony took place in the conference room of Coni Marche Riccardo Pianosi, nineteen year old from Pesaro registered for the Portocivitanova Sailing Club and for the Navykiter sailor who in the discipline of kitesurfing will represent Italy and the Marche at Paris 2024 Olympics. A passion, that for kiting and sailing disciplines, which was passed on to him by his father: his explosion occurred in 2020, when he was fifteen. After two bronze medals, one world championship and the other continental, he definitively consecrated himself in the Olympus of sailing in the summer of last year, when in August he achieved the pass for Paris and in September he won gold at the European Championships . In the waters of Marseille he wants to bring all his youthful carefreeness but also all the commitment and determination with which he approaches the event to five circles, the most important in the history of his short career. Pianosi’s presentation at Coni Marchetogether with past Olympians Filippo Baldassari And Michele Regoloboth sailors at the Olympics in London 2012 one with the finn and one with the laser, a Carlo Ondedeiformer president of Federvela delle Marche and others Cristiana Mazzaferropresident of the Portocivitanova Vela Club, a Luca Savoiardi for CIP, and to the commander of the Navy headquarters Ruggero Battellithe Ancona windsurfing champion was also present Special Georgia.
«We have arrived at approximately 50 days until the next Olympics and then followed by the Paralympics, Olympics that our region has now become accustomed to experiencing by participating as a protagonist – recalled the president of Coni Marche, Fabio Luna –. Today we talk about Riccardo and thank him for representing the Marche, but the Olympics have always given us many athletes, and we are preparing for Paris, where with due superstition we already have many qualified athletes and we could beat the participation record of the Marche which dates back in Athens 2004 with fifteen Olympians. At the moment, with the tennis call-ups, we are already at 14 and we hope a lot in basketball, which is not yet qualified. And then let’s not forget our standard bearer, once again a man from the Marche region. In the last eight editions, from Atlanta with Trillini, then London with Vezzali and now Paris with Drums, we had three standard-bearers from the Marche region. An emotion for all those who love sport in the Marche region.”
«A great joy for us, as the Federvela delle Marche movement, but also for Riccardo Pianosi – he added Saimon Conti, Federvela zonal president –, a moment that we intend to honor thanks also to the presence of two former Olympians such as Filippo Baldassari and Michele Regolo”. Visibly moved by the moment entirely dedicated to him, Riccardo Pianosi: “I am living my dream, what I have been chasing for a long time and thanks to which I have gained so much satisfaction. Thanks to the work and commitment we put into it. Now Paris, I want to go to the Olympics to do something good for myself and for the country. This selection gave me a lot of emotion, it was fought until the end, and when I brought it home I felt a great weight going away, that verdict repaid me for all the work that went into it and now I want to give the maximum. We will start with the competitions in Marseille on August 4th, I don’t know if I will be able to be present at the ceremony in Paris, given that we are racing in Marseille, but that is yet to be decided.” So the advice of Filippo Baldassari and Michele Regolo: «Fabio Luna’s advice is the right one: don’t live under pressure but live in the moment, just taking part is a great result. There is a type of pressure that is good, going relaxed is fine, but you don’t exhaust yourself, because the best results are still obtained under pressure, a pressure that must be used and measured.”
