"It is not I who have chosen athletics but it is athletics that has chosen me".
Monica Contrafatto, double Paralympic bronze in the 100 meters in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, says this, speaking at the presentation of the book Photoansa 2021 underway at MAXXI in Rome.
Bersagliera on a peace mission in Afghanistan, in 2012 Contrafatto lost the use of his legs following an attack.
Today she remembers that population that has remained in her heart: "If I could immediately adopt not one but many Afghan children, I fell in love with that population - recalled the blue - Love? I am waiting for the prince charming, but I know that yes he is lost…".
Also present at the evening was the Paralympic champion of the 100 meters Ambra Sabatini, who after the exploit in Tokyo admitted: "How has my life changed? There are factors to take into account, such as the prosthesis that must always be fixed and you have to go there. okay, making adjustments is important. But in training the fatigue is the same and the dreams are the same. "