We talked about Canicattì, in Catania, at the WCSG 2024, the World Corporate Sports Championships, and it was done from the top step of the podium in the 3×3 Basketball specialty.
Taking home the gold medal was the energy and nuclear engineer Claudia Giordano, wearing the shirt of the multinational Veolia, a group that designs and implements useful and concrete solutions for the management of water, waste and energy, for which she works in headquarters in Mestre.
The play maker from Canicattino, already a silver medalist in the same sport at the WCSG 2023, held in Mexico last December, galvanized by the fact of playing in her native Sicily, did not let herself be swayed by the torrid heat of Catania and the exhausting sections of the competition, dragging teammates Alma Abdurafi, Emily Cross and Sandra Molinero, to the deserved victory and leaving a bitter taste in the mouth of the French MBD.A who had to settle for second place.
Claudia, who has played basketball since she was little, said she was proud and immensely happy to have won the highest award in her homeland.
Among more than 4,000 athletes present at the sporting event, Veolia, which fielded 250 athletes, won several medals in multiple disciplines, including another gold in men’s basketball.
Not satisfied with this achievement, Giordano, again yesterday, also hung the silver medal in women’s five-a-side football around her neck, together with Ophélie Cavro, Adriana Fonseca De Almeida, Juyeong Kim, Patrizia Materazzo, Silvia Pellizzari, Emma Rozier and Alexandra Schorgnhofer and coach Senad Slomic, the final deservedly won by the tough Red Lex of Catania.
The award-winning athlete is congratulated by the Mayor of Canicattì, Vincenzo Corbo, and by the Sports Councilor Diego Ficarra who look forward to meeting her in person to congratulate her on the notable results obtained.
