“Let’s say that the idea of what happened never crossed our minds. It shaped our way of approaching the platform. In this bronze medal there was no desire for revenge, but only passion and work despite everything. In these years we have remained silent and the best response was this. The dedication goes to our coach, our Emanuela Maccarani”. He said it Alessia Maurellicaptain of the Farfalle after the Olympic bronze in Paris referring to the case of the alleged abuses of which the coach had been accused Emanuela Maccarani, then acquitted.
For Maurelli, however, the Paris Olympics represented something more than the bronze medal she won: the 28-year-old athlete, captain of the Farfalle, received a marriage proposal from her partner Massimo who knelt down with the ring in his hand immediately after the awards ceremony: and so after two years of engagement Maurelli said yes.
The Italian, in tears, commented: “You’re crazy.”