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this International Padel Federation President Luigi Carraroa historic day on the first day of the padel championship 2023 European Gamesmet with reporters present, stressing how the adventure “Europe’s biggest sporting event after the London 2012 Olympics“As highlighted by the leadership of the EG2023 organisation, this represents a crucial step for our sport.
“It’s an indescribable emotion for us,” said President Carraro, “and such a historic day. For padel, taking part in an event organized by the European Olympic Committee for the first time is an achievement that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. This is a reality today.not less than 128 athletes from 24 countries participated, a wonderful performance on the field. Our sport, not so long ago considered a “game,” is proven today to be a sport with a capital “S.” This is the first step, but we have many other goals.”
When asked about his goal of becoming an Olympic sport, Carraro didn’t hide his ambitions, although he emphasized that taking things step by step and showing the potential of padel is the right way to achieve something:“Our aim is first and foremost to put on a great show in Krakow, showing our potential to the Olympic world and audiences around the world.If we achieve good results here, I believe we can aspire to do more in the future – Carraro continued, stressing that harmony is a key element of the relationship with tennis, not just –”We want to get along with all the other sports, we have great relationships with all our colleagues in the International Federation, respecting the autonomy of each discipline, we want to work with everyone and get along with everyone.“.
With regard to the Spaniard and the Argentine’s dominance in various rankings, Carraro opened a window into the future with the Krakow Olympics:“Here we will see that the gap is getting smaller and smaller. We must focus on young people and work hard. Events like this, in addition to technical and cultural exchange at the sporting level, allow athletes to become more financially independent, which only improves the quality of the athletes.In this way, I believe that in the next few years, we will have many new countries eager to win such events’ explained world number one padel, who later added, also speaking of Big news from EG2023 Mixed Championship. “The mixed one? This is something we believe in very much,” concluded Fip No. 1. “With the European Olympic Committee, and in all our dealings with the IOC, this is something we really enjoy. The mix is a beautiful spectacle and we’re going to see it here, which will be the first of many more opportunities.”
