“It was a great feeling. We arrived, we hugged each other. Someone was in tears. It was a touching moment,” said Enzo Chiumento, Luca’s father.
He father of Italian rower Luca Chiumentowho is in Paris preparing for the Olympic Games, He arrived from Italy on Thursday by bicycle on a trip to raise funds for charity.
A group of 23 people joined the adventure to travel an average of 120 kilometers a day through the Alps, Austria, Switzerland and FranceAfter 12 days of pedalling, they arrived in the French capital, where the opening ceremony of the Games will be held on Friday.
“It was a great feeling. We arrived, we hugged each other. Someone had tears in their eyes. It was a touching moment,” told Reuters Enzo Chiumento, Luca’s father.
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“There were many emotions. Everyone had their own reasons for coming here. One of our members had a child admitted to the pediatric hospital,” he added.
The heroic action of the father of an Italian Olympic rower at the Paris Games
The humanitarian organization “City of Hope” It is a foundation of Padua which began 30 years ago, and which built and maintains a pediatric hematology hospital in the Italian city. Enzo was one of eight cyclists who completed the trip.
“It was a great experience. We didn’t know each other before. It was organized spontaneously. Those who thought they could do it came with us,” he said. Enzo.
“And that’s why we’re here. The Olympic Games were the right occasion. My son will compete in quadruple sculls. We accompany our athletes until Paris. The goal of raising funds for the City of Hope was one of the two reasons, almost the main one,” he added.
Now that he has accomplished that goal, Enzo can focus on supporting his son when he starts the quadruple sculls on Saturday, the event in which Luca won gold at the 2022 European Championships.
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