Sofia Raffaeli became Italian Champion in the individual general competition for the third consecutive time, triumphing in Folgaria (in the province of Trento) with an overall score of 139,650. The champion from the Marche respected the natural prediction of the day before, imposing herself on the complete lap after having conquered the silver medal a couple of weeks ago at the European Championships. The 20-year-old offered a truly remarkable performance in the Dolomites, where she had also celebrated the tricolor in the two previous editions, performing four exercises of notable technical and competitive caliber.
The policewoman performed well at the hoop (36.100, 19.200 the D Score and 8.450 execution) and at the ball (35.750, starting from 18.800 and with an E Score of 8.400), then continued on the clubs with 134.700 (17.900 the coefficient of difficulty and 8.300 for execution) and to the tape (33.100, 16.00 for note D and 8.0 for panel E). Sofia Raffaeli has given a clear signal of physical fitness with less than two months left until the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she will show up to go in search of a medal that is on paper within reach given what we have seen in recent years. Next meeting at the end of June for the final stage of the World Cup in Milan.
The Italian climbed to the top step of the podium preceding Milena Baldassarri. The girl from Romagna, who will also be a protagonist at the Paris 2024 Games, closed her test with a score of 128.150: 33.350 on the hoop, 33.050 on the ball, 31.200 on the clubs, 30.350 on the ribbon. The podium was completed by Viola Sella, who with 127.900 preceded Tara Dragas (126.600) returning from the European Championships. On Sunday you will return to the stage for the Specialty Finals (events not present at the Olympics, where you will only compete in the all-around).
