The first medical bulletin for the gymnast fallen on Wednesday during the Universiadi in Essen and operated on the neck was expected today
Come on “Bonni”. The encouragement message comes strong and clear from the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics in Milan. Here in the early hours of the morning they found themselves to train some of the best Italian gymnasts, still incredulous for what happened on Wednesday to his partner Lorenzo Bonicelli, the 23 -year -old from Abbadia Lariana (Lecco) falling badly on the head at the exit from the rings during the general competition of the Summer Universiade of Essen, Germany. The first to help him was the coach Roberto Germani, without losing his calm he actually immobilized him, ensuring that he would not lose knowledge. From the first testimonies, the blue continued to move the upper limbs as it was transported in ambulance to the university hospital of the German town to be an emergency and then stabilized in a coma. A first medical bulletin is expected for today.
tenacity
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The other community understandably shaken by the accident is the Ghislanzoni Gal of Lecco, the gym where Lorenzo took his first steps in the world of gymnastics and has perfected to such an extent that he became a prospect of national interest. The parents and coach Paolo Quarto left immediately for Germany, counting that they can stay close to the young economy student of the Mercatorum digital university. Specialist at the bar, Bonicelli had first appeared in the international competitions in 2017 participating in the Austrian Future Cup, but had had to stop a year later for the fracture of the femur. Others would have given up, instead “Bonni” really put it all to return and he succeeded in nine months, celebrating the team bronze at the Youth World Championships in Gyor, Hungary. As with all the sportsmen, the Pandemic years have been an unsolicited break, but when Lorenzo was competing he was there, ready to give everything, with the hope of being part of the national team. It touched it in 2023, from the team reserve that at the Antwerp World Cup conquered the pass for the Paris Olympic Games, and also last summer it was one of the two Olympic reserves. Never a word out of place, only and only encouragement for companions, jokes, the desire to make group.
the run -up
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The last collegiate training had been in mid -May, to develop the team that would participate in the European Championships in Leipzig: at the beginning Bonicelli had been inserted among the owners, but a shoulder problem had ended up conditioning it. So he left for the Universiade, with the two tattooed roses well in sight about the bibs and with the idea of making good to snatch a place – this time yes – at the next world championships at the end of October in Jelly. The whole team now cheers and waits for it.