" I broke my elbow the night of the closing ceremony . Not waving the flag though. That was nice. I've already had surgery, I'll be back soon ." Gregorio Paltrinieri , Italy's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the Paris Games, announced it on Instagram, attaching a photo of himself lying on a hospital bed with his left arm in a locked position .
An unexpected announcement from the Italian swimming champion , who returned from Paris yesterday, smiling and serene, together with his partner Rossella Fiamingo, also a flag bearer at the closing ceremony, stopping for a long time for interviews and selfies with the many people who had come to welcome him.
Paltrinieri won two medals in Paris, bronze in the 800m freestyle and silver in the 1500m freestyle, but finished ninth in the 10km open water. At the end of the long-distance race, a little disappointed, he said he wanted to take a few months off before deciding what to do.
Now that "I'll be back soon" that closes the social message , in addition to suggesting that the injury shouldn't be serious, also suggests that the Olympian from Emilia still wants to get into the water .
(Unioneonline/vl)
