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Outside the national team, the 25 year old from Friuli does not send them to speak to Studio Nord News: "A surprise, I had been the best Italian in the past season".
Wednesday 10 June 2020 3 minutes reading time
A bitter farewell, for a retreat from the world of competition at even 26 years (he will make them on Thursday 11 June).
Federico Cecon has hung up his skis, the world of jumping will no longer be his, at least as an athlete; the young Friulian spoke to Studio Nord News colleagues, underlining how the exclusion from the cadres of the blue teams was "a big surprise, as the best Italian in the past season". 6 years after his debut in the World Cup and after participating in the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, the tradition of the Cecon family in the panorama of the Italian jump will be carried on only by his brother Francesco, already at work these days in the first national team meeting in Predazzo.
"The exclusion surprised me and not only, since they called me from abroad to understand, considering that the situation of the jump in Italy is critical - Cecon said - The numbers are increasingly narrow, even if there are very good young people. The team's performances in recent years are clear: Italy in the World Cup, to my regret, no longer exists and I believe that to be good coaches you need to put your heart into it. This taught me my father Roberto, not by chance the most titled Italian jumper of all time as well as the technician of the golden times of our movement. The sporting environment must be like a family, peaceful and welcoming ".
Now the ball goes to Francesco: "He will have a great mentor from his, who will follow him with affection, passion and professionalism as he has always done with all his old athletes, without ever abandoning them".
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