Italy world champion of bowling beating the number one, that is the USA and he is crowned world champion: incredible!
The team made up of Pierpaolo De Filippi, Antonino Fiorentino, Marco Parapini, Nicola Pongolini, Marco Reviglio, Erik Davolio arrived incredibly on the roof of the world. The historic victory took place in Hong Kong at the helm of coach Brandolini and it seems like a dream.
Italy bowling world champion beating Canada and USA
The tricolor team, before Americans, beat Canada, which despite having shown a "tough nut", was liquidated 190-179. Immediately after, the Azzurri competed with their heads down, getting the better of the Americans, beaten 2-0. It was an unthinkable result, as a handful of amateurs defeated the reigning world champions!
The final was broadcast by the IOC Olympic channel, and this too was an event. We must consider that before this great record, Italy had only one bronze to its credit at the 1971 world championship in Milwaukee. Now the medal table becomes "gold", and is in the company of other good results. The "Italian sextet" should have played the extra role, being made up of amateurs, and instead the role was absolute protagonists! Rossi, president of the Italian Federation Sport Bowling, stressed that the trip was free, apart from the hotel.
Italy bowling world champion and it's a dream!
However, it was not easy to arrive at a similar result, for which a very hard slope was climbed. Years ago, Italians started from below zero, but rolling up their sleeves, despite the economic crisis, and the closure of many bowling alleys, they have re-emerged.
Only five years ago the federation was a commissioner and it is no small matter to consider it. Today in Italy the players affiliated to the federation are about 2.500, in addition to a thousand other amateur players. It should be emphasized that the members are self-financing, and this makes them even bigger. The Azzurri arrived among the top four finalist teams, after a tough initial round.
The moved athletes confessed to living and training for such intense and incredible moments. They took on two of the best teams in the world by beating them, after finishing in XNUMXnd place at the last World Cup in Las Vegas and it's like a fantastic dream!
Bowling mania and CONI triumphs with amateurs
It wouldn't be bad if the CONI awarded bowling, which is one of the twenty-one associated sports disciplines, in the light of this fantastic flag. This beautiful team of amateurs deserves praise, made up of De Filippi, owner of sandwich shops, Fiorentino, a student, Parapini, who works in the Martesana Bowling Center; then again Pongolini, office worker, Reviglio, building contractor, Davolio, baker. On the other hand, a group that earns millions of dollars, including the three best players in the world.
The six blues have accomplished a real feat believing it all the way with great coolness, under the incredulous eyes of American commentators. They say their secret was concentration, believing in it, united and compact until the end.
You are passionate, including a baker and he is legend
During the heart-pounding challenge against the US, journalists and commentators on American TV, faced with Italian superiority, repeated "unbelievable", "incredible! American athletes gradually became more glassy, petrified and could not believe what was happening. The Italians showed cold blood, they believed in the enterprise, and so in Hong Kong resounded theNational Anthem and higher up the flag is waved.
The oldest of ours is fifty-three, the youngest twenty-two; there is no need to outline them, all of them, since they are a group and as a group they have won making us proud of them. However, we cannot fail to emphasize that the youngest, a baker by profession, won the first world championship!
Giovanni Malagò, president of Coni, exulted proudly on twitter in giving the news: "World Champions". Italy bowling world champion and for a while we will talk about us.
