Guadalajara. The Italian delegation of Rhythmic Gymnastics led by Fabrizia D’Ottavio is in Spain to take part in the European Small Gear Championships next weekend in Guadalajara. For the 34th edition of the continental championships, DTN Emanuela Maccarani, assisted as always by Valentina Rovetta and Federica Bagnera, has called on gymnasts of the senior team – Alessia Maurelli and Martina Centofanti (CS Aeronautica Militare), Anna Basta (Pol. Pontevecchio Bologna), Letizia Cicconcelli (ASDG Fabriano), Agnese Duranti (Pol. La Fenice Spoleto), and Martina Santandrea (Estense Putinati Ferrara) – whom she coaches every day at the Desio Academy along with Junior Team – Anna Paola Cantatore (Gymnastics Iris Giovinazzo), Eva Swahili Gherardi (Armonia of Abruzzo Chieti), Talisa Torretti and Sofia Raffaeli (Ginnastica Fabriano) – guided by Anna Plotkina, Germana Germani, and Julieta Cantaluppi. Alexia Agnani and Emanuela Agnolucci, as well as the medical staff, with doctor Maria Conforti and two physical therapists Nicola Appella and Alessandro Calcinaro complete the Italian “azzurri” team. The individual athletes Milena Baldassarri (Ginnastica Fabriano), the new absolute Italian champion, and Alexandra Agiurgiuculese (ASDG Udinese) with the coaches, Kristina Ghiurova and Spela Dragas, and the team manager of the Paola Porfiri Section, will join the rest of the group today. (9Colonne)
