bronze for Pellacani / Santoro in the 3 meter sync
Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro conquer the bronze in the 3-meter synchro at the European Championships in Rome 2022. The young blue couple, also thanks to the pressure to compete in front of the home crowd, is not confirmed after the success obtained in the last edition in Budapest and the silver won at the world championships two months ago, but still manages to bring home a new medal in this wonderful edition of the continental review.
Also a bit of luck for our duo, who paid for a slight lack of sync in both the third and fifth dives of this finale. In the end, the bronze comes with just six hundredths of an advantage over the Swedish pair Nilsson / Petersen, which made the audience of the Foro Italico tremble on the occasion of the last dive from the springboard. Gold goes to German pair Massenberg / Punzel ahead of neighbors Heatly / Reid.
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“I must say that I am super happy with this race, because there were really expectations and a bit of pressure, but we faced it in the right way, trying to have fun. It’s still a bronze medal in front of the home crowd, it’s special “, declared the diver born in 2003.
The almost sixteen-year-old Santoro also echoes: “I felt the pressure, I wasn’t used to competing with so many fans, but I tried to manage it in the best way. I jumped well, it wasn’t enough, but we are still very happy for this medal.
Both, then in chorus: “The future? We hope they will put the synchro from the springboard also at the Olympics. We believe we are a competitive couple and can do well in any competition over the next few years. “