If 2021 was a year of great events and great results for Italian sport, 2022 promises to be no less. It will open with the Olympics, winter this time, at which we will present ourselves with the best female alpine ski team ever. And then the World Cup, unusually placed at the end of the year due to the particular climatic needs of the Qatar, to which for now we hope even simply to introduce ourselves. There will therefore be many Italian athletes involved in this season, but we are focusing on three of them, for various reasons.
Sofia Goggia
The first is her, Sofia Goggia. Yes, we have already included it in two lists: that of the best Italian athletes of 2021 and that of the women of Italian sport of 2021. But we cannot help but put it here too, because in February, at Beijing, there are the Olympics. She goes there as the reigning champion of the Downhill and in the best moment of her career, returning from 7 consecutive World Cup victories in the fastest discipline, back among the best even a Supergiant. Hoping for two golds is not madness. And we also expect a lot from Federica Brignone, Marta Bassino, Elena Curtoni.
Pecco Bagnaia
MotoGP will start again without Valentino Rossi. An absence that will be felt in the paddock and among the fans. The World Championship and Italy are desperately looking for his heir, waiting to understand if Marc Marquez will be able to return to what he once was. And in the platoon of aspirants for the title of best motorcyclist in the world there is also him, Pecco Bagnaia, who finished the season with four wins in the last six races, finishing second at 26 points behind Fabio Quartararo. Its growth and the improvements shown by Ducati bode well. We could have a perfect season for Italian motorcycling, with an Italian rider winning on an Italian bike. It would be the first time in 50 years in the premier class, which at the time was still called 500 and saw Giacomo Agostini triumph over MV Agusta. Pecco and Ducati can do it.
Lorenzo Musetti
Italian tennis is in shape. Matteo Berrettini is now a solid reality, fresh from two consecutive ATP Finals, constantly in the world top 10. Jannik Sinner continues its growth and forwards the stages, becoming among the best in the world despite having just turned 20 years old. And then there is the third, Lorenzo Musetti, who will do 20 in March and that one step at a time, one match at a time, is showing off all his technical skills. On the other hand Musetti, with his extremely varied tennis and a quantity of shots to impress the best, is a predestined: at 16 years, 10 months and 23 days he conquered the Australian Open juniores, becoming the youngest Italian ever in win a youth Grand Slam tournament. For references on his talent, feel free to ask Novak Djokovic, who took five sets in Paris to get the better of him in the round of 16 at Roland Garros. 2022 can be his year, that of definitive maturation, that of the leap in quality that everyone, sooner or later, expects from him.
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