Sport Beyond Football: Educating Our Olympic Athletes

Paris closes the curtain on the 2024 Olympics and the world of sports, who lives outside the circular shape of the balloonIt’s time to silently delve into the emotional depths of your experience. Stories of men, women, boys and girls who have They fought, they rejoiced, they suffered, they worked just to crown one moment. So far, if you think about it, from normal everyday life.
It can escape, but Italy, having awakened at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, has become a wind of powerful impulses that crosses national borders, a radiant statement, and therefore often in the shadow of interest, of what exists beyond football.

The truth is that there is an unanswered question, which is a message sent by the athletes and authors of these exploits, directed to the public and institutions: Will there come a time when Italy can guarantee equal opportunities for all sports? And why, once the Olympics are over, do they seem to fall into oblivion as usual?

The answers are certainly complex and involve different sectors of intervention: There is a lack of structures as well as an absence of organizational capacity.There is a lack of investment, a lack of proper interest from citizens, sports clubs fail, children quickly stop playing sports due to poor education on the subject, and the few who insist must necessarily face huge expenses to continue.

Under these harsh economic and social conditions, it becomes difficult to develop sporting talents over time and to accompany them to the optimal level on a physical and psychological level. On the other hand, millions of Italians are in ecstasy They admired the heroic deeds of the athletes competing in a climate of healthy participation.especially on social media, although there are some many differences.

This is the swimmer’s condition Benedetta Pilato, fourth by one hundredth of a secondwho was 19 years old and delivered an intergenerational lesson. Expressions and feelings of a little girl belonging to people capable of dreaming beyond mere results, a message also transversal for very young footballers surrounded by millions, or for parents who support the growth of their children Where institutions, schools, businesses and individuals fail.

Speaking of obstacles to overcome, here they are: Gianmarco Tamberi, a former athlete from Abruzzo, heir to the strong and gentle spirit of the land he chose.The complications imposed by the kidney stones did not stop Jimbo’s will, who performed the tests very well, although he was clearly in pain. Pure mental strength in the face of the limits of his body, it would be his team-mate Stefano Sutil who would finish fourth, humble and smiling in front of the spectators: “I apologize, I tried, I’m sorry. Five years of torture and suffering, I finally got rid of it.” Similar words to Marcel Jacobs, fifth in the 100m with 9.85″Incredible time but not enough to get the medal: “I wanted to celebrate with all of you, I’m sorry. It’s not easy when you have to move to find yourself and get back in shape.

I was here to show that despite life’s hardships. You have to know how to fall and get back up. “I try to make the young ones understand that sports are not easy, and you have to work hard and not focus on other people’s expectations.” The Olympics in the name of femininity with many athletes winning full medals, such as Italian Football Gold for Coach Velascowhich was already present last year in Lanciano, or the quartet formed by Rossella Fiamingo, Giulia Rizzi, Alberta Santuccio and Mara Navarria in sabre, or even the gold of Alice Bellande in judo.

Who said there is a sport for men and a sport for women?

Therefore, Paris was the Olympics of women and symbiotic human relations. He also won the individual rhythmic bronze medal with gymnast Sofia Raffaelli and her coach Claudia Mancinelli. The hero of the video speaks of the legitimate challenge to the competition judges. A firm but loving look, a hug after the execution, technical suggestions for improvement; a scenario that is certainly familiar to Italian gymnasts.

The teachings are humble, because they seem to reflect everyday reality: The tendency to sacrifice in order to achieve one’s goals, and the value of work as the sole criterion of merit, The ability to move beyond appearances, criticism, failure or dictates. Italy, participating in the 2024 Olympic Games, proudly comes out ninth in the general draw, equal with Tokyo, but there is now one final task to face, perhaps collectively: Kick the reliever And jumping over the barbed wire of good intentions. The future of new generations is inevitably passing Promise to restore dignity to sporting Italy.