Italy has confirmed itself among the greats of global Magnesium Powder. Our national team managed to win one medal in the European team competition for the third time in a row: silver in 2022 in Monaco, gold twelve months ago in Antalya, bronze yesterday in Rimini. These are incredible results that have no equal in the recent past of the Italian movement, obtained in the event that evaluates the caliber, strength, depth and quality of the gymnastics sector of an entire country.
In what is undoubtedly the queen event, where each nation fields five gymnasts and has three of them spin on each single apparatus (four in qualifying), Italy has reiterated that it is among the best expressions around. The Musketeers were titans in front of their fans, capable of exhausting Turkey in the long run and leaving behind rated rivals such as Spain and Switzerland (in addition to the less accredited Israel and Cyprus), while historically reference countries such as Germany, France , Netherlands weren’t even in the top eight.
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After the apotheosis on Anatolian soil the title was not defended, but However, we remained in the top-3 behind realities that were objectively better and unsurpassable such as Ukraine and Great Britainwho appeared even more complete than the quintet of DT Giuseppe Cocciaro and who on some equipment could count on over 15 peaks which unfortunately are not yet within the reach of our standard bearers. Italy remains at the top and is looking to the Paris 2024 Olympics, but what possibilities could there be in the team event of the Games?
Japan, China and the USA are the great powers outside the Old Continent (medalists at the last World Cup) and are objectively candidates for the podium, right together with Ukraine and Great Britain after what we saw yesterday afternoon in Romagna. It won’t be easy for Italy to fight to try to win a five-ring medal in the team competition: the competition is truly fierce and numerous.
Yumin Abbadini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Matteo Levantesi, Mario Macchiati and Marco Lodadio were on stage yesterday afternoon, but Nicola Bartolini (who was also absent twelve months ago) will probably return for the Games. It remains to be seen whether there will be room for high-ranking specialists such as Salvatore Maresca (rings) and Carlo Macchini (barres) or for other valuable athletes such as Nicolò Mozzato in a complex that is not easy to understand.
