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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy stunned the world by winning 40 medals, a record for the Azzurri since they have been participating in the Olympics. Above all, it amazed with its five victories in athletics, the queen of Olympic sports. From July 26, in Paris, for the third time in history, athletes fr...

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Sofia Raffaeli has won the 2023 World Cup in rhythmic gymnastics. The star born in the Marche region won the prestigious trophy for the second consecutive time and replenishes a simply stellar palmares.Sofia Raffaeli achieved one of the season's big goals after winning the silver medal on the all-around at the European Championships and can now lau...

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Four golds for Sofia Raffaeli in the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup finals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Italian outclassed all her rivals in the final eight: the reigning world champion immediately took the top spot on hoop ahead of Germany's Kolosov and Uzbekistan's Ikromova. At the ball, she won again over Kolosov and Slovenia's Vedeneeva. But she...

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From dream to reality, Sofia Raffaeli does not stop any longer at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Bulgaria. After two golds won on the ball and hoop, the 18-year-old Italian also became world champion in the ribbon exercise and all-around, while on the clubs she won the bronze medal. "I dedicate this world title to Marche, my land, a...

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Historic double gold for Italy at the Armeec Arena in Sofia, Bulgaria, where Sofia Raffaeli became world champion in the hoop and ball specialties during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. The 18-year-old from Chiaravalle (Marche, Italy), dubbed "Atomic Ant," triumphed in the hoop specialty with an explosive exercise, beating Bulgarian gy...

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