Scartezzini has the world championships on his mind, but in the meantime he watched the team pursuit final in a television studio near his home, just to hang out. When it came time to see them climb onto the podium, the other Veronese Viviani video called him, allowing him to be present in his own way.
Villa thanked him, telling that he sent him the first message after the gold. And Michele confirms, almost incredulously. Then he starts talking again. of that record that he didn't want to reveal to us in the aftermath of his exclusion from the quartet.
«We had already broken the world record by running 3'44" in training – he says – only that we had done it with the 62, in Montichiari and with the body that we normally used. The Tokyo track proved to be very fast, they used the 63 and sometimes the 64 and the new body is more aerodynamic. I knew they could do it."
World Cup? Maybe…
He would have been happy with it too, but perhaps to make things easier for himself, knowing that he would have to stay without running like Bertazzo, he said it would be better to experience it from home. Even though at the time of the anthem, experienced through a smartphone, he found that the goosebumps on site are increasingly thickThe question now is how his season will continue.
«When Villa told me I wouldn't go – he explains – he added that I would have to be ready for the World Cup, but now we'll see. It's hard to dismantle a quartet like this, which has twice broken the world record.I don't know what the others will do between now and autumn. But I do know that Pippo wants to go all the way to the World Cup, because he wants to win itWe'll have to see what Consonni and Milan have planned for their teams. So I'll tell Villa that I will only go to the World Cup with the certainty that I am up to it».
Road to Paris
In fact, the proof of solidity offered by the Tokyo quartet and the fact that it is a very young group, makes one think that, however inviting, the road to Paris 2024 you risk resembling the one for TokyoWith qualifications to be earned on the field by those who have made the track their main activity and the risk of then not racing due to the arrival of the... regulars.
"We'll see," he admits, "it will be a gamble. In the meantime the first goal is the world championshipI've had twenty days to rest as best I can and get going again. They'll have the chance to do the same. And don't think it'll be a problem for people like Ganna and Lamon to make the rounds of shows and parties, absolutely not..."
What Villa said is true, and it lives on in his words. It's everyone's gold, and that's a fair point. But to be honest, it's above all the gold of those who were there. The others rejoiced just as much, but the feeling is that... deep down in my heart the wound continues to bleed.
