Raffaele on the podium in Milan: 2nd place and all Specialized finals. Now the butterflies

World champion Sofia Raffaele finished second in the individual overall competition on the Assago Forum World Cup stage with a total score of 136.700. In the lead after the first two rounds of the hoop (35,600) and the ball (35,000), today after the clubs (34,100) and the ribbon (32,000) it was overtaken by German Daria Varvolomeev (137,200). Third step on the podium for Stiliana Nikolova (135.050). As for the other blues, Melina Baldassare closes in thirteenth (121,850), in thirty-first is the viola sella (113,050).

The atomic ant

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The Atomic Ant was very happy, a nickname he earned thanks to his successes: “The rivalry at home is always great – he said -. The Milan crowd cheered us, pushed and supported us, and for us on the podium it is always very important”. The Olympic pace is already around his neck, but before thinking about Paris, there is the World Cup in Valencia in just over a month: “I’m defending the title, I’ll try to do my best before I start working on new training for the Olympics.” And this time there will also be Russian and Belarusian athletes, who were absent last year due to a ban due to the war and are now re-entering.

butterflies

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In the evening, butterflies also return to the podium, which yesterday charmed to the tune of Michael Jackson “They don’t care about us”, gaining 36,650 points and temporarily leading the standings, as well as passes to the specialized finals (which are not part of the Olympic program). The butterflies were very good at fending off their rivals Israel, who are currently in second place with 35,900 points, and Bulgaria, who are in third place with 35,850 points in the first half. Now the second part of the qualifiers, which will see the teams participate in the exercise with three ribbons and two balls. The Specialized Finals will be broadcast live on La7 from 2 p.m.