All the jumps of Larissa Iapichino: the Maturity, the boyfriend, Tokyo and a new coach (her dad)

There comes a time in life when things suddenly speed up, take another breath. We grow, we make choices, we identify a goal. This is the summer of Larissa Iapichino, 18, daughter of art (her mother is Fiona May, her father Gianni Iapichino), a promise of Italian sport, rising star of women’s long jump, Italian indoor record holder. The Gochi of Tokyo are in the sights, the run-up has just begun.

But these – for Larissa – are hectic days. First he took the Maturity exam at the Da Vinci Scientific High School in Florence.

At the partial closure of a scholastic path that Larissa has never relegated to the margins, indeed, keeping alive the double track of sport and study. Secondly, the athlete made his official engagement with the contemporary Vittorio Bartoli, basketball player of De ‘Longhi Treviso Basket. On the occasion of Vittorio’s birthday, the couple from the world of sport immortalized the evening spent in a Treviso restaurant with a series of posts on social media. It’s not over: another announcement from Iapichino is now.

The girl has in fact communicated a sensational change of coach. Following her preparation, in such a delicate phase and facing the first big appointment of her career, will be her father, Gianni Iapichino, with whom Larissa lives – in a villa in Pratolino between Florence and Mugello – after the separation of her parents. . Larissa explained the farewell to the historic coach Gianni Cecconi as follows: “I feel like I want to get involved and draw new motivations. I identified in my father the guide I feel most akin to the future path, I chose the most difficult way: we have similar characters and I already know that there will be a fight, however my confidence is total in his technical experience and in his ability to the best from me ». At the same time dad Gianni – who at the time also coached his partner Fiona May – spoke of “a great challenge for both of us”.

The Tokyo Games are 35 days away. Larissa – who with this surprise decision shook the world of Italian athletics – showed ambition and personality for sale. Now the track will speak. The long jump star is ready to win his first medal, to start the competition – no longer virtual – with his mother Fiona, who won two (silver) medals at the Olympics.

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