Chiara Pellacani and Elena Bertocchi bronze in diving at the Mondiali- Corriere.it

But since sport always gives another opportunity to those who date and are ready to dive in to go and seize it, here is Elena, 28 years old, one of the veterans of the group, one who has already been reborn by moving from Milan to Rome, and then overcoming a delicate back surgery in November, went to get her medal and Olympic qualification with Chiara, still 21 years old, the talent par excellence of Italian diving, the one who won the new Cagnotto label, already silver at the World Championships in the synchro mixed 3 meters, paired with Matteo Santoro, and who chose to combine studies and sport by going to the USA, first in Louisiana, from August to Miami. Together, Elena and Chiara were silver at the European Championships in Budapest 2021 and in Rome last year. Now a worldwide recognition, conquered in the last dive thanks to the suicide of the two Americans, always third up to that point. “It wasn’t easy to put this couple together, between Elena’s back surgery and Chiara’s studies abroad – continues Bertone -, it’s a result that gratifies our work”.