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Andrea Now the big fight with us
BEIJING - On receipt of the medal ' gold, s' is kissing the hostess of China, astonished. But the 'Olympics is not the Giro d' Italy, and Beijing is not Cesenatico: not done. The home crowd but the momentum is like, and started a roar from the stands of approval. Leaving, then, the 'Italian has seen fit to climb the stairs to give the flowers to mom and sister Celestina. The staff of the protocol and security tried to stop him. But you try to stop a 84-pound wrestler who decided to do something. So it changed the life of Andrea Minguzzi, born in 1982. Surname a little bombastic, but - since he learned to fight by his father - we will try to sell to the Chinese as an example of 'Ming Dynasty', version Romagna. It is not an Olympic superstar, Andrea. It is Nadal and Kobe Bryant. Here in Beijing will have its prize, her party in Italy House, his half-page (with photos) on the China Daily, and one day, in twenty years', will return to see the China Agricultural University Gymnasium, where, on a rainy eve of August, found d 'to be the strongest. The Games are awarded 294 medals' gold (8 more moves to withdraw Michael Phelps), and some are special. This struggle of the greek-roman is among those: a medal in a difficult sport old and poor, recognizable by 'smell. Not the scent of chlorinated pools, not the 'grass of the meadows, not the' air conditioning fencing and gymnastics: the smell of sweat, however. And it should take so much for a man of 86 kilos which resists, lift it off the ground and fold. E Minguzzi with the 'Hungarian Zoltan Fodor, he' s done. He almost lost, and won. I watch him on the mat, a few meters away. Great body, beautiful smile, big ears. It has an 'air of Italian boy, those with a lot of fitness and a lot of time for girls. I listen to him after his victory, in that curious compound called 'mixed zone' along with an understandable astonishment ("It's a dream, I have not yet figured out where I am) and at a certain candor (" I'm glad to speak in Italy me "), shows a good dose of irony. Ask him how he did it to overturn the 'opponent in that way, just a few seconds left. He answers: "I went to the gym at 8 years and I'm in the gym eight hours a day. Do the same and also you would succeed. " Nice phrase. C 'is the whole exhibition of samples of the minor sports, conscious of' incompetent enthusiasm around them, but grateful. Better late than never, better to these journalists that we have to explain everything that no journalist will be as successful as many times coming out of a gym, after winning a tournament or win the Italian title. I was in Seoul in 1988 when Vincenzo Maenza won his gold, and the scenes were the same. The media hypnotized: confirmation of a character, but the discovery of a world of new smells and gestures. The fight greek-roman has a mysticism: the American writer John Irving, for two or three books, has spoken of 'another. It 's the only sport that I know, practiced Officially, only men, and profane - no use denying it - some are sexually ambiguous positions. But you can not say aloud, incompetence and recklessness must give way to 'observation and to' admiration. The spectacle of two looking to jump to the ground, without kicking and no punching, is fascinating because it is natural. This is the first fight of a child 's last stand of a lover, the outburst of muscle teens on a beach. The final of the 'I saw her sitting next to fellow poster - curious, happy and incompetent as me. I wanted to suggest a title - "Minguzzi fight with us" - then I decided to keep it. After all, it is. Andrea colored d 'blue this afternoon' s August and helps us to hope 's still be a nation capable of bringing out guys like that. Beppe Severgnini
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