Today the summer ends, tomorrow we will know if we have dreamed. What has been this summer for Italian sport. There is no question mark, it is not a question. It is an affirmation and the binge of exclamation points is free and necessary. What was it. A fairy tale. A very long dream that every time was about to stop and then start again. Not to make us fall asleep, but to keep us awake. With his eyes fixed on the colored television screen of a single color. The blue. It was all very nice, it was all at the same time slow – as the memories are when we go back to visit them – and very fast, like the rush towards the legend of Marcell Jacobs.
Where should we start from? From an ordinary day, an 11 July placed there by betrayal, with the summer on fire. Matteo Berrettini, the first Italian in history to reach the Wimbledon final. And Mancini’s Italy. In Wembley, in the Temple of Football. Against the English hosts. Berrettini loses, but wins. Italy wins, but triumphs. We are European Champions, 53 years after the last time. We just beat England on penalties. We are the lions. We think we have reached the summit, instead we have just walked up the Enchanted Mountain.
First of August. Oro Tamberi in the jump. Jacobs gold in the 100 meters. We are in Tokyo, inside a centrifuge of emotions that no one would ever – ever – even dreamed of. Tamberi jumps to the stars, Jacobs runs like no Italian has ever raced. And we keep running, until the Olympics goes towards its sunset. Two golds in the march. Antonella Palmisano and Massimo Stano.
Over? Not at all. There is still time for the 4 × 100 relay that comes back to the British. The image that will remain in history: Filippo Tortu stretching his neck on the finish line. We are the fastest in the world. Lorenzo Patta, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Eseosa Fostine Desalu and Filippo Tortu: our four horsemen. The balance of the Olympics is enormous: 40 medals (10 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze). They are the most successful games ever.
The long wave of enthusiasm gives us another joy: on August 15 Camila Giorgi wins the first Masters 1000 of her career in Canada. It’s another surprise, another win with a bang. The end of August. Paralympics, also in Tokyo. Show and sobs of happiness when Bebe Vio wins gold in foil. And then he reveals: «I had an infection: the diagnosis was amputation within two weeks and death within a short time. Understand why I cried so much? “. On September 4, three women on the podium of the 100 meters. Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto. Gold. Silver. Bronze. There is none for anyone.
Then? And then there is volleyball. September 4th: volleyball girls are European champions, they beat Serbia, redeeming a subdued Olympics. September 15: it’s up to the boys, legendary in the final against Slovenia. The binge, we said at the beginning. Here then – just in the days when Valentino is on leave in the Moto GP – comes the explosive statement of Pecco Bagnaia; here, after having dragged the quartet to the Tokyo Olympic gold medal, Filippo Ganna he is crowned world champion in road cycling. The summer is over, the blues’ exploits will remain forever. What has been this summer for Italian sport. Thing.
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