Jannik writes the story and still becomes one of the blue pioneers: from Ondina Valla to the boys of the Davis of ’76, the great novel by Italy champion
Here it is, the tricolor that waves on the tennis temple. Jannik Sinner made it, once again: never an Italian had conquered Wimbledon, he had never raised the cup of the oldest tennis event that came to the present day, the most famous. If being a pioneer of sport means triumphing first, exploring unknown results, Sinner is undoubtedly our new Marco Polo, the most determined athlete to rewrite the story. That of tennis, in Italy, before yesterday he had four cardinal points: The 1976 Davis Cupobtained against Chile by Captain Nicola Pietrangeli, Adriano Panatta, Paolo Bertolucci, Corrado Barazzutti and Antonio Zugarelli; The first Italian tennis player and player win a Slam Trophy, Nicola himself Pietrangeli and Francesca Slavery in Paris, respectively in 1959 and 2010; Finally, the first blue capable of climbing the world ranking to the top: it happened on June 10 of a year ago, and since then Jannik Sinner has never abandoned it.
precursors
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The London company enters the historic, first times of Italian sport. Deeds in black and white like those of Count Giovanni Giorgio Trissinofirst Italian Olympic gold ever in the upper horse jump at the Paris 1900 Games, or Trebizonda Vallerycalled Ondina, the first Azzurra Olympic at the Berlin Games 1936 in the 80 meters in obstacles. Employment on the grass of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croustic Club is equivalent, in boxing, to conquer the world title of maximum weights at the Madison Square Garden in New York: a giant as the first succeeded in it Carnera‘The mountain’ of Sequals, wearing the crown on June 29, 1933, after defeating “The Boston Gob” Jack Sharkey .. Before him, Italy had held his breath and then rejoiced for a Venetian bricklayer of San Martino di Colle Umberto, that eighth Shopkeeper That a century ago conquered the Tour de France 1924 “for Schei” (money), wearing the yellow jersey from the beginning to the end, before mysteriously dying three years later. Then there is the national team of the coach Vittorio Pozzo, another legendary figure of Italian sport, who as Sinner did not like to speak much, but win on the field. Under his guide the blues conquer at home The 1934 World Cupled by the three tenors Meazza, Orsi and Schiavio and winning the Rome final 2-1 against Czechoslovakia.
World Championships
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There has been a year, for our colors, that motor enthusiasts cannot ignore. In 1950 Italy was worldwide for the first time in Formula 1 thanks to Giuseppe “Nino” Flour On Alfa Romeo – if possible, he guided with a cuban cigar in his mouth – and in the 500 class of the world championship with Umberto Masetti On Gilera. The two competitions were still at the dawn, but it was immediately clear that the deployment of Italian men and means would not have been second to anyone, so much so that still today there are those who regret that pioneering era.
Italy first
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Wimbledon of the snow? Many would answer Kitzbuehel, the sacred place of world skiing. There is an old saying in the white circus that says: “If you have not competed on the straif at least once in his career you cannot consider yourself a real skier”. The most rewarding day of Kristian’s career Ghedin He arrived on January 24, 1998, when for the first time he managed to tame the tough descent. They are taboos that fall, like that of an Italian gold in swimming in the Olympics. He resists up to the games of Sidney 2000, as much as a young Ranista from Trecate, not far from Novara, surprises the world. Domenico Floristin one fell swoop, triumphs in the 100 and 200 frogs, making Mameli’s anthem resound twice among the five -circle lanes. A feat that will succeed eight years later in Federica Pilgrims – First and so far unique – in the 200 freestyle. Pioneer was also Marco Belinellithe only Italian player capable of winning the NBA ring with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014, on paper in the role of sixth man, but with 25 matches. Or Francesco Molinari: never an Italian had managed to win a Major of Golf tournament, until his triumph in the British Open in 2018. And he reaches the last, real magical night that the tricolor sport had experienced before the masterpiece of Sinner: Tokyo, 2021 Olympic Games, Marcell Jacobs It is the king of the Queen race, the first Italian and first European athlete to win the title of 100. How many blue chills.
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