The 23 -year -old, born in Sacramento, won the 200 butterfly for the United States in the Singapore World Cup. He is the son of Alexander, who moved overseas at 25, and his nephew of Giampaolo who represented Italy in three Olympics
It was also Luca’s day screaming at the Singapore World Cup. In an American national team that is struggling and that yesterday he also lost the world record (the French Marchand has dirtying Lochte in the 200 mixed), Luca who brings home the title of the 200 butterfly since he stopped Michael Phelps, he has a feeling. “It was a great race, I took advantage of the moment, I had fun.” The shoulder risked letting him swim: too poor health, but Luca resisted. “I was convinced that I could go back to the top and I fought against all adversities. It was crazy to win a world championship, I thought about it since the beginning of the season. Being able to do it really is completely another thing and doing it with a great time makes me happy. Now I hope to have more experiences like this. It is a huge springboard for the games of 2028. I have new objectives for the future, I will have to work now on the details”. He wants to do the world record like Phelps, bring him home. It’s all the season that downloads times from 1’52. But he could no longer miss the golden opportunity. So he returned to the limelight, he who had ended up in the New York Times.
the origins
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Luca was born in Sacramento in California, but has a grandfather who lived in Padua and Los Angeles 1984 competed in the hammer. Alessandro, Luca’s father, was an athlete: “My father, Giampaolo was Italian champion and record holder for years, played three Olympics. I grew up on the Padua track where dad trained. I chose the album launch, I won a tricolor but I was only a discreet athlete. At 25 I moved to the USA, to Athens, to study. I married a American and had two children. Luca, the largest, before swimming, played for water polo and basketball. How much does the Italy factor affect Luca? The answer is dad: “Not the language that I now only speak me. There are the roots, the visits to the grandparents who with Luca’s workouts are rarer and a love for our cuisine, which we cultivate both my wife and Luca, has a secret, are the pasta and the good oil that eats every day”.
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