“Is she there or is she pretending?” Former fencer Elisa Di Francisca said this last night during a Rai broadcast, referring to the words of swimmer Benedetta Pilato, who had said she was “too happy” for the fourth place centered in the 100 breaststroke race at the 2024 Paris Olympics, just one hundredth of a second shy of bronze. Di Francisca’s gaffe created a lot of controversy on social media, with almost all of the comments defending the 19-year-old breaststroker.
When asked by ANSA, Federnuoto and RaiSport did not want to comment on the matter at the moment. No comment for now even from Di Francisca