Pelati-Ruggiero bronze in the artistic doubles

Another bronze for Italy's artistic swimming team . Filippo Pelati and Lucrezia Ruggiero climbed to the podium with a score of 228.0275 in the double sculls, the same score they had previously earned at the European Championships in Funchal on June 2 (205.9059). The Italians once again fell behind the Spaniards Luna Mireia Hernandez and Dennis Gonzalez Bon , second with 230.4634 points, but beat the British athletes Isabelle Thorpe and Ranjuo Tomblin, fourth with 226.0899 points, who had preceded them in Portugal. The Russians, Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev, who were flying under neutral flags, won with a score of 233.2100. The theme was the heartbeat that, at the start of the routine, resonates in the pool, enters the stomach and into the head. The music was Intros 3 by Audiomachine, choreographed by Anastasia Ermakova.

Who are Pelati and Ruggiero?

For Pelati, an eighteen-year-old from Lagosanto (40 kilometers from Ferrara), coached by Beatrice Casalini and Silvia Costa for Fiamme Oro and Uisp Bologna, and by technical director Patrizia Giallombardo for the national team, this is the second medal after another bronze medal on Monday in the single freestyle. For Ruggiero, 25, coached by Roberta Farinelli for Aurelia Nuoto and Fiamme Oro, and by Linda Cerruti and Giallombardo technical director for the national team, this is the second great performance in less than nine hours, following the brilliant third place she earned in the preliminary round of the technical duet with Enrica Piccoli . Their Italian team routine takes us to the heart of emotion: every gesture, every move is marked by a heartbeat. It is the rhythm of life, of tension, of the bond between two bodies vibrating in unison. And of the bronze medal celebrated on the podium.