The Emilia-Romagna Paralympic Committee is celebrating today, at 5pm, in the region’s Aula Magna with the delivery of the merits relating to 2023. Together with the president of the CIP Emilia-Romagna, Melissa Milani, there will be Gianmaria Manghi, head of the political secretariat of the Presidency of the Region, the sports councilor Roberta Li Calzi and the member of the Coni council, Cesare Mattei.
Among the gold medals are Leonardo Rigo of Magda Melandri’s Zinella fencing, first in the C foil world championships. Silver for Valentina Petrillo (Ansa in the photo), bronze in the 400 T12 category at the athletics world championships. Bronze for the cyclist Davide Cortini from Imola, fifth at the world championships in the H3 category road race and Giorgio Napoli winner of the European baseball championship for the blind. Silver star at DLF Bologna. Palms to Magda Melandri and Claudia Bedin, wheelchair basketball coach from Bologna.
And speaking of Paralympic fencing, yesterday, in Pisa, in the World Cup stage, bronze went to Emanuele Lambertini in foil category A.
“2024 is coming to an end at a very high level for the Paralympic world – states Melissa Milani – which for us opened in April with the participation in Exposanità, but which had its peak in the Paralympic Games in Paris. I would like to thank all those who do their utmost to promote our disciplines and to make sport as accessible as possible to all types of disabilities. The number one objective remains to increase the number of practitioners, bringing children and adults with disabilities out of their homes It’s natural, then, that the competitive results, which are continually improving in the region, should also grow.”
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