BUDAPEST (HUNGARY) (ITALPRESS) – Italy forces seven in Budapest. The curtain falls on the European Rhythmic Championships and the Italian team leaves with the Butterflies’ gold in the 5 hoops final. After yesterday’s silver in the general competition and second place in the team ranking – with Sofia Raffaeli, Milena Baldassarri and Tara Dragas – Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Daniela Mogurean, Laura Paris and Alessia Russo returned to the Hungarian platform to win, and so it was. The “Lionesses” of Desio – coached by Emanuela Maccarani and the staff of the International Academy – equal the result obtained two years ago in Tel Aviv and improve on last year’s bronze in Baku in this specialty, won by Bulgaria who here, in Budapest , has amassed a haul of nine medals between seniors and juniors. Accompanied by the remix of “Scherzo Very Vivace” by Beethoven arranged by Audiomachine with “Greatness” by Vo Willias, the blue warriors scored 39,350 points, taking the gold medal ahead of Spain, silver with 38,750, and Israel, bronze with 38,650. In the routine with the 3 ribbons and the 2 balls – built on the melody of “L’Estasi dell’Oro” by maestro Ennio Morricone – the Italian national team – Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2021 – due to a loss and some small inaccuracies must instead settle for seventh place with 32,100 points, dropping one place compared to the Baku ranking. Maurelli and her teammates are unable to climb to the top of the ranking which sees Spain at the top with 34,700 points followed closely by Israel (34,500) and Ukraine (33,900). Senior Italy therefore closes the European trip with 6 medals, 2 gold and 4 silver but, if you add Anna Piergentili’s junior silver to the ball, you get to 7 medals in total, of which 5 are silver. “For the team it was important to prove their strength and the ability to start from scratch in a race that in fact counts for two – the words of Emanuela Maccarani – But it was also a sort of training for the Olympics, where it is necessary in the second on race day, maintain that strength to do both exercises at your best. I must say that the maximum was given with the rims and they obtained a good score, which on an executive level can still be improved by a few tenths. In the tapes we ran into an error which is the same as in the qualification, and which is making us think about modifying it for the future and performing it as best as possible.” The Butterflies coach judges the result of this European Championship to be “positive because it improved that of last year, but above all because it is an important step that allows us to make the necessary corrections in view of the next big event that awaits us”. Then a joke about Sofia Raffaeli: “she was amazing. I really liked her from a mental point of view. I am very satisfied with how she faced the difficulties that came her way and this indicates that her shape is constantly growing. Now let’s just think about preparing down to the smallest detail because the detail will be what will make the difference in an Olympic final.”
First, however, appointment at the Unipol Forum in Milan for the World Cup scheduled from 21 to 23 June, the last stage of the FIG circuit which will decide the team and the individualist as the overall winners of 2024, the last important stage on the road to the Games Paris.
– Photo Simone Ferraro-Federginnastica press office –
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