Tokyo 2020, Donati: “Great Stano, pity Schwazer absence”

“I consider this gold medal from Stano, even if I lived it with a sad soul due to the absence of Alex Schwazer, a great day of athletics. He is a truly splendid athlete from the point of view of his skills and technician”. So Sandro Donati, who trained Alex Schwazer before the new controversial doping case, talks to Adnkronos about Massimo Stano’s gold medal in the 20 km walk at the Tokyo 2020 Games. “It seemed to me by far the most correct and this victory repays him from the unjust disqualification proposals that compromised the race at the world championships because they demoralized him from a psychological point of view. It seems to me a great success and a great result, also because the Italian march gives a signal of continuity with a plurality of coaches capable of managing the high level “, adds Donati. “If you looked at the Italian athletics of last year and this year we saw a growth, with a plurality of names that appear and a wealth with many beautiful talents. An improvement from the morphological point of view and skills. Certainly there has been an important contribution from immigrants but not only that, because there are many Italian athletes who have been emerging for generations. A vital athletics with a technical fabric capable of supporting it “, says Donati, highlighting the merits of the blue director Antonio La Torre. “I believe that the ability, the patience, the quality of the technical director must be recognized. Athletics is a difficult sport to manage with a lot of individualism, he has been able to bring out the best. A management that must be praised otherwise we only talk about the athletes. The technicians are also very important and this person who has taken on this task of leading a sport with many different disciplines, a diversified set of situations “, he continues.