Shooting: at the European Championships in Suhl, Germany, mothers win; Chiara Cainero shoots in the fifth month of pregnancy and wins the gold. Victorious also Diana Bacosi and Katiuscia Spada.
Chiara, Diana and Katiuscia, European and world record holders. Shoot of moms. From the sky like new storks they bring two golds, one for teams and one for individuals. Chiara, the most awaited, won big, beating the heat, the fatigue, the 35 opponents and reassuring Edoardo that he was moving in his lap. Chiara Cainero after the Olympic gold medal in Beijing, the Crystal Cup (Granada 2006), wins her third European title, after that of Maribor 2006 and Granada 2007. “A wonderful medal - she says as she leaves the platform-. Not even in my dream book could I ever have thought that today I would be here, five months pregnant, to win the European title. Fantastic".
We ask if he was afraid for Edoardo. “Absolutely not - I was not naive, every two weeks I went to the doctors, a very good gynecologist followed me, I knew what I was doing at all times. I reduced the workload, no running, only a hundred targets a day, instead of the usual 300, then a lot of willingness to arrive, more willingness than usual. I think my son will be proud of this day and I hope he didn't think I made too much noise ”.
What did your folks from Udine tell you? “My husband Filippo is out of his mind, my mother is very happy, my father has not yet caught him on the phone, but I will catch him and he will only be happy with me: he will be a grandfather and I will bring him another medal. Allow me to thank everyone, the Forestry, Ennio Falco Dt technician of the Gs Forestale and his deputy Gabriele Bernasconi, the Tav Falco and Giampiero Malasomma with whom I often trained in Capua, thanks to the sponsors who supported me after the news of pregnancy, thanks to the Federation and to my Dt, Andrea Benelli, who treated me like a real athlete. He was close to me, making me feel nothing more than an athlete. Of course I would also have thought about going to the World Cup in Lima in September, but Andrea replied with a smile: Peru is far away. He's right, now I have to think about being a mother, but tomorrow I want to enjoy the award ceremony and greet everyone. We will meet again in 2014. I shot yesterday and today with the sun, I won with the sun, then now the universal deluge has come down, an incredible hurricane so the award ceremony will be postponed until tomorrow. An extra day and night as an athlete, then for a while I'll just be a mother ”.
Chiara beat the Turkish Cigdem Ozyaman for 14 to 12. Bronze to the Slovak Danka Bartekova who beat the German Cristine Wenzel in the play-off 13, 2-1. Fifth katiuscia Spada, twenty-second Diana Bacosi. The trio mothers won team gold with a score of 206/225, a new European and world record, ahead of Great Britain (205) and Slovakia (202). Already said of Cainero, the dedication for the victory of the other two mothers could only be for their respective children: for Mattia from Diana Bacosi, for Ginevra by Katiuscia Spada.
The 205 is also a new world and European record, a lot of stuff. The two 17-year-old girls also defended themselves with honor. Thirteenth Gloria Montano, in the race instead until the end Chiara Di Marziantonio, Roman, of Tav la Bottaccia. Second in qualifying with an excellent 68/75, with the play-off he gained access to the duel for the bronze. In the end he lost 10 to 14 to Ukrainian Iryna Malovichko.
The boys did their duty on the first 100 targets. Among the senior leaders is the Norwegian Tom Beier Jensen with 99/100. The three Italians are still in the race, especially Luigi Lodde, tenth with 97 and Giancarlo Mug, eighteenth with 96. Tomorrow Angelo Moscariello will not be wrong, today thirtieth with 94. Tammaro Cassandro, twenty years old, from Capua, Tav Falco, athlete of the Corps Forestry, he keeps the golden tradition of his uncle Ennio Falco high. He leads the junior classification with an excellent 99, preceding his teammate Domenico Simeone (96): The curtain falls on the European Championship tomorrow. Last qualifying series for men in the morning, then semifinals at 12.15 for Junior and Senior; to follow the duels for the medals, at 13.15 pm for the Juniors, at 14.30 pm for the Seniors.
Results Female Ladies Individual: 1) Chaira Cainero (Ita) 70/75; 15/16; 14/16; 2) Cigdem Ozyaman (Tur) 70; 15/16; 12/16; 3) Danka Bartekova (Svk) 70; 12 + 4; 13 + 2; 4) Cristine Wenzel (Ger) 70; 14/16; 13 + 1/16; 5); Katiuscia Spada (Ita) 70; 12 + 3/16; 6) Panagiota Andreou (Cyp) 70; 11/16. 22) Diana Bacosi 66/75.
Teams: 1) Italy 206/225; 2) Great Britain 205; 3) Slovakia 202 Ladies Junior Individual: 1) Natalia Vinogradova (Rus) 67/75; 11 + 2 + 2/16; 13/16; 2) Nadine Messerschmidt (Ger) 65 + 5; 13/16; 12/16; 3) Iryna Malovichko (Ukr) 69; 11 + 1 + 2/16; 14/16; 4) Chiara Di Marzantonio (Ita) 68; 11 + 2 + 0/16; 10/16: 13) Gloria Montuano 60/75.
(8 August 2013)
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