Italy's all-time most decorated
gymnast, artistic ace Vanessa Ferrari, is out of the Paris
Olympics after tearing a calf muscle in training, her entourage
said Thursday.
Brescia-born 2006 all-round world champ Ferrari, 33, who
competed at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Games, winning a
record silver medal on floor exercise in 2020, said "I've had a
lot of injuries in my career but this time the blow is a big
one".
She added: "Now I need some time to metabolize this hard blow
but I'd like to thank all those who have supported me and have
always believed in me because the support Ia have got has always
been fundamental for me".
Ferrari, whose mother is Bulgarian, in 2006 became the first
Italian to win an individual Olympic medal in Women's Artistic
Gymnastics, and the first medallist for the Italian women's team
since the 1928 Summer Olympics.
She is a five-time World medallist and eight-time European
medallist, and is currently the most decorated Italian gymnast
of all time.
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