The Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta will get married today in the church of San Zaccaria in Venice.
It was Pellegrini herself, a guest on TV for the first time with her boyfriend on August 7 last year at Verissimo 'on Canale 5, who revealed the wedding date.
"We will get married towards the end of August. And we will do it in my hometown, Venice - said the 2008 Olympian from Beijing -. I did not think that organizing a wedding was so complicated, but we are at a good point".
And she added: "We can't wait
for it to happen: we want to crown our story and start a new journey together".
And to Silvia Toffanin who asked her about the day of the proposal, the Olympic champion recalled: "It was a moment that I will never forget. I did not expect the proposal to arrive so quickly, I thought that after my retirement from the competitions Matteo made more time".
The one between Federica and Matteo is a love story born by the pool.
Pellegrini, in fact, chose Giunta as his coach in 2014. "We have been together for almost four years now, but ours has been a journey full of emotions - he said in the past - first only sports, only then did the feelings take over" .
And on the choice to formalize their love live from Tokyo he said: "It was exciting. After the last Olympic competition I decided to free ourselves and to reveal this secret of Pulcinella. Now we are living everything in the light of the sun, and it is beautiful. ".