Paris 2024: Filippo Ganna, nearly teetotal to chase gold
The Blue è on his third Olympics and always aiming for the top
Focused, determined and close to perfection. Filippo Ganna is preparing to compete in Paris 2024 (his third Olympics) with the knowledge that he cannot make mistakes to try to achieve important results. Winner of the gold medal in the team pursuit at Tokyo 2020, he aims to excel in Paris as well.
Two goals in his sights, namely to prove he is worth gold in time trial (erasing fifth place in Tokyo) and to reconfirm himself in the team pursuit. Already in Paris, Filippo Ganna has decided not to sleep in the Olympic village (to reduce the risks related especially to Covid) and not even participate in the opening ceremony.
The only fixed thought è to be ready when it will be his turn. To get to top condition he è sacrificed a lot. A lot of training and also several sacrifices: "I tried, really, to file on everything. The'pursuit of perfection, in short. For example, I won't say I became a teetotaler, but almost. One day I allowed myself two beers, and let's say that è it was the ultimate snub", his words to Gazzetta dello Sport.
L'azzurro doesn't think about the many opponents he will find on the track (especially on the time trial) and prefers to stay focused on sé himself: "I have to be the best Filippo Ganna ever, on the best day ever, with the best support ever", he always explains to the Rosea. In short, Filippo Ganna è now ready.
