(Adnkronos) - L'ex campione del mondo e campione olimpico dei pesi massimi Clemente Russo ha parlato dell'importanza data al fair play nella sua disciplina, parlando poi del futuro della pugilistica italiana.
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00:00I don't want to be biased, but I believe that Pugilato is the sport where fair play is the boss.
00:12If you imagine that after so many rounds we give our best, the first thing you do when you are at the last round,
00:25is to hug each other, so I can't imagine a fairer play than that.
00:33It's also the sport where the rules are respected or thrown out of the ring,
00:46also because there is the referee at 20 cm, so any mistake is punished.
00:54How do you see Pugilato's national team in Paris 2024?
00:59After two years with a young team that was growing and we didn't get a medal,
01:09I say to you, journalists, get ready because this year Pugilato will bring a lot of medals to Paris.
01:18I say Irma Testa, I say Mouadin, I say two names that are not random.
01:22We can also say Salvo Cavallaro, Diego Lenzi,
01:29unfortunately they are still young, but they have already distinguished themselves internationally.
01:37They have won a medal at the World Cup, they have won a medal at the European Championships,
01:42so it means that the Olympics, where there are also the head-to-head,
01:47there is much more recovery between a match and another,
01:50unlike a World Cup in which there are match-attached,
01:53the medals are almost, almost, making all the differences.
01:57What does an athlete like you feel before the Olympics, in these weeks, in these days?
02:04In the pre-Olympic weeks?
02:05Yes, in the pre-Olympics.
02:06Surely the Olympics are the event of the year, as you know,
02:12the sporting event with more follow-up, even more than the World Cup,
02:18because they take place every four years,
02:21so you expect to see all the other sports as well, not just football.
02:25So this year, in fact, this year there are 15-20 days left,
02:30so we are all in an absurd fervor to see these guys.
02:37I follow them in training, I'm following them on the videos,
02:40they are in great shape and I can't wait to see the draw and see them in action.
02:46I ask you a comment on the elimination of the World Cup national team
02:51and also a comment on the next Serie A, which starts with perhaps more balance up there.
02:57Unfortunately, what the national football team is experiencing today
03:00is what I just talked about, the World Cup box.
03:04Unfortunately, this is a cycle that happens to all national teams and all sports.
03:09When you finish the old cycle, you have to start the new cycle with the young.
03:14Many times we are criticized and I say, but why didn't you cultivate the young?
03:18I understand, but the young cannot be cultivated at the international level,
03:22at that level, so you can cultivate them at their level.
03:25Then when they go to the high level, the bones have to be made
03:29and so it always takes five, six, seven, eight years to get results.
03:33So our national football team will get the result in three or four years.