08 Sep The weight of a medal

Thousand of different color flag colored Arco di Trento for the World Youth Championship, the colors of 53 countries. With more than 1200 athletes and an unspecified numbers of technicians, coaches , family and friends, this was the most numerous event of climbing for the famous town and now is time to estimate the loot of Italian climbers. 
With three gold medals, one silver and six bronze, Italy is the second country just after Russia and before USA that wins thanks more second places. Behind Slovenians, Austrians, Japanese and all the others. And they had a lot athletes! So the loot of Young Lions takes a special meaning.

After the incredible first place of Filip Schenk in the Youth B category of Boulder, the second medal came from Speed, where a super fast Elisabetta Dalla Brida did the possible and the impossible against French, Russians and Ukrainians. And at the end, when all game were almost made, a third medal from combined ranking firmed David Piccolruaz! Three first positions so!

This was sufficient to return happy from this Championship but Italians did more also! In female Youth B Boulder, Asja Gollo was third in the same category of alien Janja Garnbret and just two attempts from the second place. For Speed, Leonardo Sandrin toke the bronze medal in the final for 3rd  and 4th place against a compatriot. 
In Lead there is an incredible fight for all qualifications and semifinals but at the end the result is incredible! Three Italian climbers in the Yoth B, three for the Youth A and one in the Junior. Thanks to Laura Rogora and Pietro Biagini there are also two bronze medals in the Youth B. Stefano Carnati did a miracle with an extraordinary second place fighting with a sore knee in a Final where just 4 holds separate the first from the last! The reckoning goes on and other two medals arrive: Laura Rogora in the Youth B and Asja Gollo in the Youth A.
This is the incredible result of a compact group that works together from a long time with technicians
 And, important, with the the families. No one could be there without the hard engagement from families that follow these boys and girls and allows to them to travel and to take part to competitions. This Championship was a great work, physical, mental and of resources for climbers and parents so the medals are also their.