Jessica Rossi: “I dedicate gold to all of Emilia”. With these words, the 20-year-old Olympic pit champion thanks everyone for her legendary feat: “Thanks also to my parents”.
London, 04.08.2012: "I dedicate the medal to my great Emilia, who must never give up". With this warm comment to the microphones of Sky Sport, the young Italian champion Jessica Rossi thanks for her gold medal in the Olympic shooting trap specialty at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"Thanks to my parents - Rossi added - and to all those who supported me to win this medal. I had it prepared from start to finish and never let a shot go away.
Every night I fell asleep with the thought of going away with gold around my neck, I'm not happy ... more".
Jessica then wants to clarify: "Ours is not a minor sport, we wear medals and we are great".
“I haven't heard from my daughter yet, she's still busy. My daughter was amazing, since she was a child she got us used to doing these things. He started with me 10 years ago and we started together ”. This is the emotional story of Jessica Rossi's father to the microphones of Tgcom24, a few moments after winning the gold medal in skeet shooting.
Jessica Rossi wins and signs the fifth gold for Italy, another for women: also conquering the world record with 99 centers out of 100.
Another blue feminine gold. Jessica Rossi played in a very high level final and conquered the top step of the podium. The 99-year-old also set a new world record in the pit, with just one mistake: 100 hits out of 96 shots. The previous record of 100/2006 belonged to the Slovakian Stefecekova: she had established it in XNUMX in China, in Qingyuang.
The young shooter is originally from Crevalcore, a town hit by the earthquake. Precisely for this reason the father explains: “We wanted to fix the house after the earthquake, because I wanted Jessica to come on the platform knowing that we were okay. We started partying this morning, because for us it is already a goal to have reached the Olympics ”, concludes Rossi's father.
Thanks Jessica..