Who is Achille Polonara, basketball player who was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia

Achille Polonarabasketball champion, wing of the Virtus Bolognahas myeloid leukemia. The athlete is already hospitalized at the Sant’Orsola Malpighi hospital in Bologna, where specific therapies started for a few hours. The press release issued by his club has shaken the environment of basketball and that of whole sport. “Virtus Bologna – reads the note – announces that over the past few weeks Achille Polonara has undergone further specialist medical investigations following which the diagnosis of myeloid leukemia has been formulated”.

Polonara, who is 33 years old, in the last period had been badly several times and the first clinical investigations seemed to have detected the symptoms of mononucleosis. NOn the race from the semifinals against Emporio Armani Milan, the semifinals. “Now I’m much better,” he said only a few hours ago to the fans.

In 2023, he had already had to stop sports due to testicle cancer randomly diagnosed during an anti-doping test. Subjected to surgery, Polonara had returned to the field two months later, giving everyone an unforgettable smile.

Married to Erika and father of Vitoria and Achille Jr, Polonara must now return to battle the evil, with the usual grit and the usual courage. The teammates all expressed solidarity with Achille, directly to him and with messages of closeness posted on social media.

Tomorrow evening they will also play to give him a sporty joy. Virtus Bologna, in fact, will take the field against Germani Brescia for the first match point that could give her the 17th Scudetto of her history.