Nespoli (Archery), ‘Fire games but the goal is a medal or even two’

(from the correspondent Emanuele Rizzi) – “The main objective for these Olympics is a medal, potentially even two. I worked a lot in the individual and we will have to wait for the 72-arrow ranking round to establish the scoreboard of direct matches. The first challenge in Tokyo the Mixed Team will be a pre-test bench. It is the first time of the mixed race at the Olympics but we have already done well at the European and World Championships, in 2018 and 2019, on the podium. It is certainly a competition that we sees protagonists “. This was stated by Mauro Nespoli, the Italian archer, winner of the gold medal in the archery team competition at the 2012 London Olympics, at Adnkronos, in view of the start of the Tokyo 2020 shooting competitions. with the Arch. Nespoli will compete in the singles and mixed competition, while the men’s archery team did not qualify for Tokyo. “I still don’t know who will be my partner who will always come out of the ranking round, while for them it is easier either with me or with no one”, adds Nespoli with a smile. “In the individual competition in these Olympics there are all the most dangerous shooters, the 64 qualified have accepted all, there has been no last-minute defection. The level is very high so even in the individual buffer athletes there are none. , it will be a fiery Olympics, including climate “, continues the Air Force athlete who has already tested the competition field in Tokyo. “On the competition field the expectations were certainly high and have been confirmed. During the pre-Olympic we tried the orientation of the competition field but with the stands, even if empty, it makes another impression, now he is dressed as an Olympics. grandstand closes the field quite close but the last 20 meters, as expected, are open and we will have to be careful to compensate and consider the wind that never stops here. Mainly it comes behind the archer and continues to move left and right. now we have not found a totally unmanageable wind, even if the climatic conditions are completely different from the pre-Olympic. Two years ago, in the same period, it rained for 10 days “, Nespoli points out.

The blue remained positive at Covid-19 this year. “The preparation has been adapted, until a month ago the team competitions were forbidden because a protocol for the covid had not been developed. We therefore limited ourselves to simulations which, however, are always a little distorted. Olympics after a year without competitions is not a normal condition “, explains the Italian who is the oldest of the Italian expedition. “I am the oldest of the team and the third in order of seniority among the many archers present”. Nespoli is an experienced athlete and does not feel the weight of competition. “I arrive at these Games, my fourth Olympics, with a previous experience accumulated over the years and I have a more mature attitude. Do I feel a greater responsibility? No, but I have a greater awareness of my means and confidence in what may be pitfalls of an Olympics. If I will be at the Opening Ceremony? We have not decided yet, we will have to understand when we are competing “, concludes the blue.