Dead Beatrice Alfinito, promise of athletics: “If you are happy, pay attention”

Now that his track and field career had become a distant memory, Beatrice Alfinito she had devoted herself totally to the fight against the evil that afflicted her. At Christmas she had written a post on Facebook in which, among other considerations, she invited never to take happiness for granted. The last message, before finally giving up. One of the promises of Italian speed disappeared a few weeks before her 35th birthday, which she would have celebrated on July 24th. To bend it a bone marrow disease. Originally from Città di Castello, she had participated in the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing, in which she took to the track in the 200 meters and in the 4 × 100 relay.

The news was given by Fidal with a note on its official website: “Sad news for Italian athletics. The Umbrian sprinter Beatrice Alfinito, blue sprint at a youth level, has died after a long battle against a terrible disease He would have turned 35 in July.In 2006 he competed at the Junior World Championships in Beijing, in the 200 meters and also in the 4×100 relay running in the first fraction, after standing out among the best prospects in the category with personal bests of 12.01 in the 100 and 24.35 in the 200 meters”. She might have gotten a lot more out of her potential than she did, Fidal explained, if she hadn’t been plagued by injuries.

At Christmas, Beatrice had written a message full of bitterness and nostalgia, but also of lucid recognition of the possibilities that life gives if only one is capable of appreciating it: “These hectic days of celebration” she wrote, “actually for many, very many, these are days that are more difficult than others. They are days in which shortcomings weigh more heavily. The lack of those who have left us forever, the lack of those who have wanted to distance themselves from us, the lack of the possibility of celebrating as we used to because they don’t even have the money to buy a birthday card, the lack of strength and health, the lack of love. I wish everyone, absolutely everyone, that what much or what little they have right now can ease the weight of nostalgia, discouragement or pain. And to those who instead, ‘perhaps like me’, have the good fortune right now to be happy or at least serene to simply notice it”.

In June, however, Beatrice invited for her birthday to make donations to Open Pediatric Oncology: “I chose this non-profit because its goal is very important to me, and I hope you’ll consider making a contribution to celebrate with me. Every little donation will help me reach my goal.”