Stages, dates, protagonists including the two Italian divers have been revealed. It starts on June 3 from Boston while the Polignano race-show is set for July 1-2: “Every time Elisa and I compete here, we have an entire city that rejoices with us”, says Alessandro
The countdown has begun. The accident in training that in September of last year cost him a gigantic scare, a few days in the hospital and the renunciation of the Polignano a Mare stage and the Sydney Red Bull Cliff Diving world final is now a thing of the past. Alive, but now definitively archived. Alessandro De Rose is ready for the new season, the third consecutive as a permanent diver on the World Series roster, with the aim of trying to enter the fight between the phenomena that the French (but English of origin) Gary Hunt and the Romanians Catalin Preda and Constantin Popovici (with the rising British Aidan Heslop immediately behind) have been carrying on for a couple of seasons.
elisa’s goals
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And then there’s Elisa Cosetti, the Italian who made her debut in Polignano a Mare two years ago, who also took part in the Australian final last year after her bronze medal at the European Championship in Rome and who this year wants to get even closer to the opponents and the recognition of permanent diver: “I want to reach that level – he says – and I’m working hard for this goal. And then this year there’s also the World Championship and, after the European medal, I’d like to get a good result”.
the mentor
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Her journey is just beginning, but her mentor De Rose has no doubts: “Elisa is the fruit of the work that the Italian Swimming Federation has been doing for a couple of years. We have shown that it is possible to become a cliff diver in safety and there are many youngsters (last year Andrea Barnaba and Davide Baraldi made their debut in Polignano, ed) who are approaching the discipline. Elisa is strong and has great determination. I am sure she will go far”.
the calendar
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The appointment with the Polignano a Mare stage of Red Bull Cliff Diving 2023, this year, is on the first weekend of July (1-2 July). It will be the third round of the World Series which begins on June 3 in the United States, in Boston. Then the French stage in Paris on June 18, before the arrival in Italy. One of the great novelties of the season is the fourth appointment: the dives from great heights will move to Japan, in the splendid natural setting of Takachiho, in the south of the archipelago where, according to Japanese mythology, Ninigi (the god of rice and peace) descended from the sky, sent by Amaterasu, the sun goddess. Two weeks later the return to Europe, in Stockholm (August 19), before the traditional Bosnian stage in Mostar (September 9) and the world final which this year will be staged in Auckland, New Zealand, on November 19.
the preparation
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In the meantime, the preparation of the Azzurri continues. “We are working hard – explains De Rose -. This year we have done several collegiate activities at Acqua Acetosa and in recent weeks we have also been to Florida, in Fort Lauderdale where they have built a 27-metre platform, a rarity worldwide. This too is part of an important growth path that can only do so much good for our discipline”.
in polignano
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In Polignano he is now the landlord: “It’s true, every time Elisa and I compete in Polignano, we have an entire city that rejoices with us and pushes us to do better and better. By now I also have several friends there and I breathe the air of home”. A bit like Elisa who already did very well last year: “I’m preparing a new dive for this year. By now I’ve broken the ice and I can’t wait to dive again in front of all those people who are rooting for me”.
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