After the six Ori di Manchester 2023, the Paralympic champion aims to amaze again. Xenia Palazzo: “In preparation good indications, I am optimistic”
In Manchester 2 years ago he took away a booty of 5 individual golds (in the S9 50sl category, 100 SL, 400sl, 100 back and 100 butterfly) and one in relay (4×100 mixed), from the Paris 2024 games it came out with three golds and one silver. The expectations for Simone Barlaam is inevitable who, from 21 to 27 September, is engaged in the Paralympic swimming World Cup in Singapore. Including he will be 31 athletes and athletes (12 women and 19 men) who will take part in the world championship representing all types of disability (physical, sensory and intellectual-relational). The blue team, under the technical supervision of the DT Roberto Bonanni, met in Ostia on 22 and 23 August for a collegiate who had as its objective to test the Azzurri and to define the last pre-world details. “The year post Paralympic games – comments the blue star – is always particular because after the efforts we take a little tranquility. This is a very long season for all of us who will end at the end of September, like that of last year. It has been a very demanding year, but good signals are coming – he continues – and there is a lot of curiosity to see what I will be able to do in Singapore and, above all, if I manage to improve.” He concludes: “I can’t wait to see the many new young people in the tank who are coming out on the Italian panorama and I am happy that this opportunity is given to him at the World Cup”.
Francesca Xenia Palazzo
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Also Xenia Francesca Palazzo, 2 gold in Manchester, as well as 3 silver and a bronze, appears confident: “During the collegiate I felt good both physically and psychological. The condition, I faced training with energy and without particular difficulties. I am serene, quiet and motivated. The environment of the collegiality has transmitted me positivity and helped me to live every session with enthusiasm and concentration. The new technical staff of the national team has supported us and guided us in these days, helping to make the experience even more formative and positive. to be able to live this adventure, facing it with enthusiasm and with the desire to give their best “. The athlete of the blue flames does not only think of the individual result: “I do not bring only my dreams, but also the pride of being part of a truly special team. Our national team – says Xenia – is one of the few who manages to represent all the categories of disability and this makes it an example of true inclusion and unity. Seeing many young people and many different stories that meet in the same group is an immense wealth. The young people are fundamental to guarantee the continuity of the results. With a little more experience, we have the duty and the responsibility of helping them grow. ” He concludes: “In this exchange of energy and values a strong team is created, capable of going beyond individual goals. It is a privilege to be part of such a complete and inclusive national team that shows how sport can unite and give voice to everyone”.
the team
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Alberto Amodeo (GS Fiamme Gialle / Polha Varese); Simone Barlaam (GS Fiamme Oro / Polha Varese); Luigi Beggiato (GS Fiamme Gialle / GDF sports club); Francesco Bettella (GS Fiamme Oro / Civitas Vitae Sport Education); Federico Bicelli (GS Fiamme Azzurre / Pol. Bresciana no borders); Francesco Bocciardo (GS Fiamme Oro / SSD swimmers Genovesi); Vincenzo Boni (GS Fiamme Oro / Caravaggio Sporting Village); Manuel Mateo Bortuzzo (GS Fiamme Oro); Simone Ciulli (GS Azzurre Fiamme / Circolo Canottieri Aniene); Federico Cristiani (GS Fiamme Gialle / Polha Varese); Antonio Fantin (GS Fiamme Oro / SS Lazio Nuoto); Gabriele Lorenzo (Polha Varese); Riccardo Magrassi (Briantea 84 ASD); Emmanuele Marigliano (GS Fiamme Oro / Portici Sports Center); Riccardo Menciotti (GS Paralympic Defense / Circolo Canottieri Aniene); Efrem Morelli (GS Fiamme Oro / Canottieri Baldesio); Stefano Raimondi (GS Fiamme Oro / Aly Sport); Tommaso Wulzer (SS Lazio Nuoto)
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