Italy closes European track championships with two bronze medals
Italy closes European track championships with two bronze medals
The European Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn ended for the Azzurri with the two bronze medals of the Vittoria Guazzini-Elisa Balsamo pair in the Madison and Stefano Moro in the Keirin, adding to the two golds and as many bronzes of the past days.
Also of note today was Federica Venturelli's fourth place in the individual pursuit. Today’s two medals have important specific weight because theyé arrived in disciplines that are part of the Olympic program.
"Positive European Championships. With the quartets, which are the basis for qualification for the Olympics, we worked well – the comment of coach Marco Villa – . I had important indications in the Olympic specialties. We also had the opportunity to try several young people and saw the speed sector grow again. I am satisfied."
"I was pleased to see so many young people in such an important international context. These European Championships are an important step toward the Paris Olympics, and the results in the Olympic specialties tell us that we are on the right track,” stressed Federal President Dagnoni The budget – I greet, with great pleasure, the obvious progress of the sprint sector.
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“The historic medals of Matteo Bianchi and Stefano Moro in the Keirin comfort us. We have invested in reviving this sector, which is part of our history, and we are reaping the benefits even sooner than we had anticipated. In fact, I want to remind you that our main goal, in fast trials, was the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics".
