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The Azzurri beat Turkey in the final of the Euro Trigames in Ferrara. Pancalli thanks all the athletes: “You are great”

A new success for Italian sport. To triumph, this time it was there National team of basketball athletes with Down syndrome. The Azzurri won the European Championships thanks to the wonderful performance of Chiara Vingione and Fabio Tomao (Basket For Ever Formia), Alessandro Greco, Alex Cesca and Andrea Rebichini (Anthropos Civitanova Marche) Alessandro Ciceri (Briantea84 Cantù), Antonello Spiga and Davide Paulis (Atletico Aipd Oristano). The basketball team coached by Giuliano Bufacchi, Mauro Dessì and Francesca D’Erasmo he has
beat Turkey 21-12 in the final of Euro Trigames of Ferrara. This is the fourth success for the team, after the victories at the 2017 European Championships and the 2018 and 2019 World Championships, which we wrote about here.

The Games in Ferrara

To participate in the competition (from 5 to 11 October) over 500 athletes from 17 countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States) who competed in eight disciplines: athletics, five-a-side football, judo, swimming, synchronized swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis. The international event was promoted by the fisdir (Italian Paralympic Sports Federation of Relational Intellectuals), from Suds (Union for athletes with Down syndrome), dal Italian Paralympic Committee, from the Region Emilia Romagna, from Municipality of Ferrara, dall’Regional school office and fromUniversity of Ferrara. «Ferrara is preparing to welcome the first edition of a major international event, which in numbers confirms its importance. An event that will bring prestige to Italy. I am happy that sport, after the Paralympics, returns to the protagonist “, said the Minister for Disabilities Erika Stefani on the day of the presentation of the event.

All the blue medals

In total, the Azzurri collected 105 medals, 53 of which gold. The president of the Italian Paralympic Committee is enthusiastic Luca Pancalli who wanted to pay homage to all the teams with a thought on their Twitter account: «Italy is also a protagonist at the SUDS OPEN EURO TRIGAMES, a European competition aimed at athletes with Down syndrome. The Azzurri win an avalanche of medals, 105 shining in athletics, swimming, judo, table tennis, basketball, 5-a-side football.

October 11, 2021 (change October 11, 2021 | 11:58)

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