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There was a time when competing at an Elite Level for the Italian team of artistic gymnastics was enough. When being part of the Team Final was all the fans would ask for. When watching gymnasts doing their routines properly from start to finish was our biggest accomplishment.  Then something changed.  Expectations changed because the level of our athletes increased.  At the 2012 London Olympics, the Italian women's national team reached the team final. Do you know when was the last time before that? In 1960. The result achieved in the final by our girls ( seventh ) was the best in a long time. We were happy and we knew it.  But then came a wave of terrific girls, who even as children promised medals and dreams. And no, they did not let us down, no matter what the newspapers might say, no matter what expectations might whisper in our ears. Le Fate have not let anyone down.  Apart from the results at the European and World Championships which I have already discussed, this time I w

Il termine " Farfalle " è stato attribuito alle atlete della nazionale italiana di ginnastica ritmica nell'agosto del 2004. Alessia Maurelli , capitano della squadra, ha scritto recentemente su instagram che le ginnaste hanno deciso di non identificarsi più con questo soprannome poiché il collegamento con abusi e violenze sarà ormai inevitabile.    Ma facciamo un passo indietro e cerchiamo di chiarire la situazione, come si è arrivati a ciò? Mesi fa alcune ex atlete di ginnastica ritmica (e non) hanno denunciato e parlato liberamente riguardo ad abusi psicologici e fisici subiti una volta raggiunti gli alti livelli dello sport in questione. Emanuela Maccarini , storica direttrice tecnica della squadra, è stata deferita dalla Procura Federale della Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia in attesa di un processo nella quale si dovrà difendere da tutte queste accuse. Lei ha poi deciso di rilasciare un'intervista al Corriere della Sera in cui, in parole povere, sostiene che Ann

About fashion: 'It's how I express myself without speaking', music: 'I play the piano. I compose my own songs', and his passion for flying: 'And to think that flying used to scare me.' The vice world champion reveals who he is away from Ferrari. Fashion as a manifesto. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, Formula 1's Mister Pole Position in 2019 and 2022, is the perfect testimonial. Just look at the pictures in this photo shoot, taken over the festive season at the Maranello headquarters, where the Monegasque driver arrived by helicopter directly from the ski slopes. In addition to his skills behind the wheel, for which he is considered one of the greatest talents out there, is that angel face with a restless expression that makes him look vaguely like James Dean and breaks the hearts of the teenage girls. Leclerc, what is fashion for you? A way of expressing myself without speaking. I understood this when I started to travel all over the world, thanks to For