Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro are the new champions of the world of synchro mixed from the three -meter trampoline. The blue couple in the Singapore final got 308.13 points. In this diving specialty Italy had never conquered the world gold medal.
Company in the company for Italy of the diving capable, with Santoro and Pellacani, of winning the world champion and to leave only bronze to China, a nation that for over twenty years is absolute power in dives. Santoro and Pellacani preceded the Australians Cassiel Rousseau-Maddino Keney and 2.43 the Chinese Li Yajie and Cheng Zilong by just 87 cents of point. Italy in dives had never won a world title in sync. In the history of the World Cup that began in Belgrade in 1973, only two Italian dives had managed to win the world champion, Klaus Dibiasi on the platform both in Belgrade 1973 and in Cali 1975, and Tania Cagnotto (now vice -president of Fin) in the springboard from one meter to Kazan 2015.
«The value of this medal is indescribable. We are too happy. Winning it with Matteo is the icing on the cake – the hot comment of Chiara Pellacani at the world gold just conquered – the next goal is the individual test. Tomorrow rest, then I try to focus on the individual test because they aspire to obtain a good result ». «There are so many emotions all together that I can’t order them, I have a sea inside – underlines Matteo Santoro – there is happiness, even fear because we didn’t think we won. I am very happy to reach Chiara. I can’t wait to start this experience. It will be like going to another house because Chiara and I have known each other since we are very young; Our families are friends, let’s get the holidays together, so it’s all natural ».