Last weekend the Italian Sailing Championship Olympic Classes 2019 (CICO 2019) took place in Gargnano on Lake Garda. The annual appointment with the best national crews, also open to foreigners, takes on particular importance in the year preceding the 2020 Olympics.
The sailing team of the Marina Militare Sports Group presented itself in full, from the head of the sector, lieutenant Paolo Fava, to the technicians, second head Gabrio Zandonà and deputy head Andrea Trani, and his 8 athletes divided into 5 classes.
The final balance sees the conquest of three gold and four silver medals, with the confirmation of the title in the 4.70 men of sub-chiefs Giacomo Ferrari and Giulio Calabrò (recent junior world champions last June) and the affirmation in the 4.70 female sub-chief Bianca Caruso paired with the first airman Elena Berta of the Air Force, in front of the common colleague Benedetta Di Salle paired with the forward Alessandra Dubbini of the Fiamme Gialle. Silver for sub-chiefs Uberto Crivelli Visconti and Gianmarco Togni in the 49er, and sub-chief Cecilia Zorzi paired with Lorenzo Bressani of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene in NACRA 17, who saw the highest podium disappear only in the last race.
"We are very satisfied with the results achieved by the team as a whole at this point in the season. In the current Olympic four-year period, after RIO 2016, we worked on a total renovation project, to bring the MM's sail back to high competitive levels and in a short time we are reaping fruits in some ways even above expectations " this is the comment of the president of the MM Sports Group, Captain Domenico La Faia.
The compliments addressed to the GSMM by the President of the Sailing Federation Francesco Ettorre, who underlined the evident growth of the Navy athletes in the last two years and the important support provided by the Armed Force to the top sport of sailing, were very welcome.
