Milan, Olympic and Paralympic athletes at San Siro: Baresi’s welcome

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Milan-Udinese was the opportunity for the Rossoneri club and the Milan Foundation to create an important event. In fact, at San Siro there was a delegation of Olympic and Paralympic athletes who were protagonists in Paris 2024. In the pre-match, the athletes – led by the regional presidents of CONI and CIP – were welcomed on the pitch by the Honorary Vice President of AC Milan and Ambassador of the Milan Franco Baresi Foundation and then received the applause of the public present in the stands. Between the Olympics and Paralympics, Italy has collected 111 medals, of which 36 gold. This is the list of athletes who attended Milan-Udinese, welcomed by the Rossoneri club. Simone Barlaam – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Paris 2024: gold 50 freestyle, gold 100 butterfly, gold 4×100 freestyle relay, silver 400 freestyle; Tokyo 2020: gold 50 freestyle, silver 100 butterfly, silver 4×100 freestyle relay, bronze 4×100 medley relay Alessia Berra – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Paris 2024: 4th 100m breaststroke, 5th 100m freestyle; Tokyo 2020: silver 100 butterfly, 4th 100 freestyle, 5th 100 back Francesco Bettella – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Tokyo 2020: bronze 50m backstroke, bronze 100m backstroke; Rio de Janeiro 2016: silver 50m backstroke, silver 100m backstroke Federico Bicelli – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Paris 2024: gold 400 freestyle, bronze 100 backstroke; Tokyo 2020. bronze 4×100 mixed relay Lucilla Boari – Olympic athlete, archery. Tokyo 2020: individual bronze Monica Boggioni – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Paris 2024: gold 50 breaststroke SB3, bronze 100 freestyle S5, bronze 200 freestyle S5; Tokyo 2020: 200m freestyle bronze, 100m freestyle bronze, 200m medley bronze Federico Cristiani – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Paris 2024: 4th 100m freestyle, 5th 200m freestyle, 6th 4×50 medley relay Giovanni De Gennaro – Olympic athlete, canoeing. Paris 2024: canoe slalom gold. Participation in Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Fausto Desalu – Olympic athlete, athletics. Tokyo 2020: 4×100 relay gold. Participation in Paris 2024 and Rio 2016. Tommaso Dotti – Olympic athlete, short track. Antonio Fantin – Paralympic athlete, swimming. Beijing 2022: 5000m relay bronze Giacomo Gentili – Olympic athlete, rowing. Participation in Tokyo 2020 Antonio Poli – Paralympic athlete, table tennis. Gabriel Soares – Olympic athlete, rowing. Paris 2024: silver 2 in the lightweight pair