No tattoos, but a (precious) necklace with five circles and earrings. The runner from Varese likes to stand out: “When I think of a record, I have to do it as I say”. It will be the same for him at the world championships in Budapest where a year ago, making a mistake in the race, he started the race for the Olympic bronze
It takes inspiration to become Mister Rana. Nicolò Martinenghi, aka Tete, perhaps imagines himself in the role of a lion, who in the metaphor of swimming has the appearance of Adam Peaty, the British from sidereal times, the only one capable of going under 57 ”in the 100 meters. Peaty will not be there (due to an injury to his right foot) from 18 June at the World Cup in Budapest, so who will take his place if not the whimsical 22-year-old Prince Charming? In 2017, in the Hungarian capital, a little boy from Varese dominated the world of youth. Five years later, still there, with a double Olympic bronze, aware and full of wonderful thoughts, that little boy who has grown up is about to open the cycle of the Paris Games. To treat yourself to new strong emotions. Because Martinenghi swims without obsessions, but for the exclusively playful pleasure of leaving a different mark in the water.