FIRENZE (ITALPRESS) – The Salone dei Cinquecento di Palazzo Vecchio in Florence to celebrate the excellence of Italremo. The Federcanottaggio makes merit to the gold medals of the 2025 season and delivers the prizes “Protagonists” and “Passion for Canoeing”. On stage 45 azure between world champions, Europeans, World Cup winners, Universiadi and Coupe de la Jeunesse, together with Giacomo Perini that Fic wanted to celebrate after the victory of the Tas recourse to the bronze award won on the field at Paralympics in Paris 2024. And then the grand finale with the four men’s champion in Shanghai with Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza and Giacomo Gentili and winner in the World Cup in Varese with Matteo Sartori in place of Chiumento.
“After the silver of Paris, all of us took a period of pause – the words of Gentiles – I perhaps more than all, therefore I thank my comrades for the trust that they have given me at the right time. The serenity reached just before the World Championship and the fun that gives us our sport brought us the gold of Shanghai”. “Now we are a quartet long since, we know when we must remain united in the moments of difficulty of a partner – added Panizza – we know when we need to be ready to face the most important races of the season.” Rambaldi spoke of “an uphill year, the Europeans were the worst race in these seven years. It served and made us understand that we had to roll up our sleeves and store the silver of Paris. We built a truly solid boat to Shanghai, especially during the summer, and this gave us great strength.” Chiumento then underlined that “love and passion for canoeing have pushed me to keep going, to overcome the difficulties recorded this year. The tenacity is the extra weapon I can put in the field and offer for example for young people.”.
Sartori finally thanked the comrades for sharing their experience luggage. The 2025 was also the year of the first gold medal in the World Cup in the two women’s homeless, the silver to the Europeans, the fourth place to the World Cup, as well as the second place in the eight mixed. “There is still a lot to conquer, but the starting point, towards Los Angeles 2028, was quite good – said Alice Codato – It was very nice to share this adventure with Laura because we had a lot of fun.” For Laura Meriano, “it was a fortune to immediately find this tune with Alice. We found ourselves very well, we had the same ideas and philosophy on the boat. So everything worked.” Ovazione per Giacomo Perini: “Preparating the appeal was not a health walk but we were sure, thanks to Aniene, Fic and Cip, that we did not commit any illicit. Therefore we were serene in facing a battle already won on the field with the third place. Year not easy but I am happy to finally say that after 16 years the canoeing has returned to the podium to the Paralympics”.
In the youth field stand the European champions Under 19 of the male eight (Matteo Cecotti, Roberto Valentino Strazzulla, Roberto Terranova, Novak Mitrovic, Pietro Blasig, Mattia Mari, Loris Piscia and Federico Bordo, tim. Morgana Maroni), of the female eight (Giorgia Canale, Lara Bernardinello, Elisa Marzella, Marta Ravizza, Margherita Garis, Mariabianca Applause for the two without Neve Aroldi and Aurora Gerosa, gold at Coupe de la Jeunesse, and for the double female (Elena Sali, Will Borghi) and the four mixed couple (Lorenzo Baldo, Alice Ramella, Martina Fanfani and Tommaso Vianello) winners of the Universiadi. World Chapter Under 23. To open the dances were Tito Christoforakis and Giacomo Matteucci, iridated in the double light weights male, followed by the light soloist Melissa Schincariol, by the double male of Marco Prati and Josef Giorgio Marcuvic. Passerella also for Marco Selva, champion of Europe in the single male. In the beach Sprint was celebrated the continental title Under 19 of Maria Lanciano. Celebrate the SC Gavirate, the winning company of the overall ranking 2025 of the Montù Cup, and the CC Aniene, leader of the national youth ranking combined with the Aloja Trophy. In the course of the evening were also awarded the awards to the protagonists of the year: Judge Arbitrator (Jessica Lisi), Managing Director (Andrea Pignoli), Technician (Massimiliano Candotti), Equipaggio (four world champion couple in Shanghai), Journalist (Franco Morabito), along with the Azelio Mondini Prize (Giancarlo Muscella) and the Courage and Altruism Prize (Federico Vitale). Awards dedicated to rhyme passion went to Gianluca Atlante, Riccardo Armeni and Antonio Baldacci.
“We brought the canoeing in the heart of the Renaissance, we are happy to celebrate our champions and our champions in this truly unique context thanks to the collaboration put in place by the Municipality and Canottieri Firenze – the comment of federal President Davide Tizzano – I thank all the companies belonging to athletes and athletes for the wonderful team game with our federal staff. We aim in this four years to enlarge the family of our Canoeing.” Also present are the governor of Tuscany Eugenio Giani, the city council member at the Sport of Florence Letizia Perini and the secretary general of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games Iakovos Filippousis.
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(ITALPRESS).
