this photo is enclosed a life: Gentil 'Man Athlete elegance Bio "So, you want to attend to? We must close the paper! " No, that was so prominent contributor to the Gazzetta dello Sport is expected to be received in the press room of Helsinki. Not that day, at least. True, he was late, about what
this photo is enclosed a life: Gentil 'Man Athlete elegance Bio "So, you want to attend to? We must close the paper! " No, that was so prominent contributor to the Gazzetta dello Sport is expected to be received in the press room of Helsinki. Not that day, at least. True, he was late, about what it was raining there. But he had a lot of good reasons if that July 28, 1952 had not dictated the pink paper on the final day of the Olympic tournament with a sword. He tried to explain to the two colleagues in the Milan daily frowning, the young, but already, Gianni Brera and Walter Zanetti very strongly that they wanted to write fencing on their journal. The fact was that the award ceremony, held in Westend - a suburb on the sea, a little 'outside the capital - was gone for too long. On the other hand it would be impossible to come away before or do not even participate. How could he? That afternoon, to climb the top step of the podium was touched to him, Edoardo Mangiarotti, an athletes' most anticipated games of those Finnish, publicist and sports in his spare time. The justification did not impress much the two famous journalists, concerned only to fill the newspaper with his correspondence. Recessed the (fake) indifference, the fencer not lose heart: still wrapped nell'accappatoio White with whom he had received the Olympic laurel, began, very professionally, to dictate to the piece on his arm ... victory. That was a memorable day for the family Mangiarotti. Rounding out the success of that fact Monday in late July came in second place of his elder brother Darius, in his final assault (the tournament was Italian), defeated Luxembourg 3-2 on Leon Buck, thus removing the representative of the Grand Duchy the opportunity to contend for gold to Edward. The victory was the mark of a memorable week for the blue, born in 1919 in Renate, a small town near Monza. Silver in team foil behind France, July 22, and again second in the individual foil, only beaten by the French ch
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