Sofia Raffaeli she is the first Italian ever to win the all-around Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup. Her gold arrived in Pesaro in the all-around with Milena Baldassarri’s silver. The 18-year-old from Marche triumphed in front of her audience in the individual general competition: her overall score was 126,800. This season is her third victory after Athens and Baku.
There was one champion ready to show itself to the world had already seen with the bronze at the world debut in Japan in October. The months and the successful results have confirmed that there is more hope for Paris 2024 in rhythmic gymnastics. There is a butterfly that flies by itself and it does it very well.
Like her teammates, she trains eight hours a day. She does it at the Fabriano Gymnastics, not in Desio and then she goes to school. Until a couple of years ago, she told it to Republicit was 60 kilometers to go and as many to return to go from Chiaravalle to Fabriano for workouts. Her grandfather Nello, who had just retired, accompanied her, aged 7 and up. Her parents couldn’t do it, she would have to give up if it wasn’t for him. Little time for homework in the evening. He now lives near the gym from Monday to Friday and prepares for his high school diploma.
“I fell in love with the movements with the ball, the circle, with the music that helps to express myself,” she said in the same interview. He trains her Julieta Cantaluppiformer gymnast, 7 times Italian champion, and her nickname is Formica Atomica since the 2018 European Championships.
Starting, like many others, from artistic gymnastics, it already has a movement that bears its name. «It works like this: I turn on myself with one leg bent over my head, the” Raffaeli “can be done with any tool». Lots of sport and little smartphone in her life. Leisure? If there is, it is for rest.
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Source: Vanity Fair
