«I’m announcing my retirement now. I had already decided before Paris: this Olympics would be the last act of my competitive career. I wanted it to be the end of my career. I’m sorry it wasn’t like that. But the time has come to say enough and, believe me, I am at peace. Physically the injuries are making themselves felt.” Thus the blue gymnast Vanessa Ferrari in an interview with BresciaOggi.
The last crash was on June 27th, before the Paris Olympics, a calf injury during one of the gym workouts.
the. Vanessa Ferrari was the first Italian world gold medalist in the general competition (Aarhus 2006) and the first to reach the Olympic podium in an individual competition, at Tokyo 2021 in the floor exercise. Eleven medals (including four golds) at the European Championships between 2006 and 2021.
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