(Adnkronos) - "E' ovvio che abbiamo fatto con Andy Diaz un qualcosa di straordinario e la cosa va raccontata anche perché la sua storia al di là della medaglia olimpica è una storia unica, irripetibile aggiungerei, con dei valori molto importanti. E mai come in questa occasione è giusto che vada raccontata, che vada fatto passare il giusto messaggio ed è giusto che si faccia capire che l'Italia ha permesso ad Andy di vincere una medaglia olimpica, non Fabrizio, forse la bella Italia". Lo ha detto il campione olimpico Fabrizio Donato, allenatore del triplista Andy Diaz in occasione del talk show Fair Play Menarini – I campioni si raccontano svoltosi a Firenze presso il Salone dei Cinquecento di Palazzo Vecchio.
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00:00It's very particular, I would say. Believe me, I feel more at ease on a platform in the triple jump rather than being in these situations, I won't hide it from you, because I am a man of the field, I have always been a man of the field and it is right that it is so.
00:16But it is obvious that Andy has done something extraordinary and it is the thing to be told, also because his story, beyond the Olympic medal, has a unique story, unrepeatable, I would say, with important values, very important.
00:30And never, as on this occasion, it is right that it should be told, it is right that it should be passed on the right message and it is right that it should be made clear that Italy has allowed Andy to win an Olympic medal, not Fabrizio, perhaps the beautiful Italy.
00:43Well, it is obvious that I am on the side, I know Andy's potential, I know the work we are doing and I know where we can get.
00:49Then it is clear that I also have a bit of pescaramancia, it is difficult that I speak, that I say too much about his potential, unlike him, he says important things that I don't want to repeat.
00:59It is an important technical path, beautiful, fascinating, fun, because then, believe me, where there is no fun it is difficult to succeed, but in life it works like this.
01:11So we have fun every day and with him it is quite easy, because he puts me in a position to be able to work, to be able to express the best that I can do.
01:21So he is a winning pair for now, but he has also declared something more than his records, which I repeat, I don't want to repeat.
01:28Andy has a great talent, a great potential, still inexpressive, I add, and we are working to improve, so if he had to do something very good already this year, it wouldn't surprise me.
01:41Yes, it is a sad but happy story, because from where we started it is obvious that there were many problems, we had a bit of a hard time, because it is obvious that arriving in Italy and asking for political asylum is a very difficult path, it was not easy, it is obvious.
01:59There was a bit of sadness, but we always faced difficulties with a smile and with the spirit that sport basically teaches us. Sometimes I repeat this often, when people ask me why I did this, why we did this, we simply put the values of the sport into action.
02:15Well, the results speak for themselves. Italy has rewritten the history of world and Olympic athletics in this case, so it is obvious that we have a different responsibility.
02:25It is not a pressure, because you can't have pressure, it is a beautiful, happy moment, and it is right to live it, I repeat, with a smile and with the desire to continue to impress. Let's push the bar a little further.