Simona Quadarella, silver in happiness: ‘I have forgotten Paris’

Simona Quadarella, silver of happinessà: "I forgot Paris"

Simona Quadarella is finally smiling again: the Roman swimmer è managed to win a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in Budapest, regaining an international affirmation she had been missing for too long. L'Azzurra è came second in the final of the 1500 freestyle, finishing with a time of 5'30″14.

Quadarella did not swim far from the Italian record that belongs to her, but she could do nothing against Germany’s Isabel Marie Gose, gold with a time 15'24"69. Bronze medal went to Jillian Cox of the United States.

For Quadarella, a good feeling after the bad memories of the Paris 2024 Olympics: "After Paris I did not want to stop, I wanted to feel again the feeling of competing at a high level, going on the podium, winning medals. That makes me kind of’ forget the Olympics".

"I wanted this medal, I went for it. I haven’;t swam this time in a while, at the Absolutes I swam just a little bit more. Today I came very close to my personal best, so I am very happy. I am in a period where I feel very tired mentally, they have been quite difficult months more mentally than physically", are her words to Rai.