Tokyo 2020, tears and joy for the Butterflies: “A medal that embodies sacrifices”

Emotion, joy, and tears. These are the feelings of the blue butterflies of rhythmic gymnastics after the bronze conquered at the Tokyo 2020 Games. “It is a wonderful emotion, it cannot be described, we are so happy. This medal embodies all our sacrifices, sweat and tears that we have paid in the last five years “, says team captain Alessia Maurelli. “This victory – he added – is dedicated to our coach, ‘our angel’, Emanuela Maccarani”. Then on the Olympic final he adds: “She is always very close. After yesterday’s qualifying, we reset everything – the gymnast told Rai Sport microphones – and we started again. We told ourselves to compete with heart, union and soul. she drove after the first rotation and we did the second exercise as best we could. The Italian rhythm is there and we are happy to have given a further push with this medal “, concluded Maurelli with the other teammates at his side, Martina Centofanti , Agnese Duranti, Martina Santandrea and Daniela Mogurean. Read also