Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii: “We know what we are capable of, so no competition is easy for us anymore.”
Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii about upcoming European Championships.
original source: sport.err.ee dd. January 27th 2025 by Aet Suvari
Italian pair skaters Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii in the interview with Estonian ERR spoke about upcoming European Championships. Here’s a translation of their comments.
2023 was a successful year for Italian pairs skaters Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii – having won gold at the European Figure Skating Championships in Espoo, they returned in the spring with a bronze medal from the World Championships. However, 2024 did not turn out as successfully: at the European Championships in Kaunas, the defending champions were only sixth, and they also settled for sixth at the World Championships. Still, they have come to this year’s European Championships with medal aspirations.
“Last year did not go very well for us, but we have done a lot of work on our program and our feeling,” Conti told ERR. “We are very happy to be here; it’s really nice because it was here in 2022 we made our European Championship debut, and we want to enjoy our performance again this time.”
Macii added that perhaps winning a title is easier than defending it, but only if you have not done it before. “By now, we have reached the world’s top. We know what we are capable of, so no competition is easy for us anymore,” said the Italian. “It might be easy when you expect nothing, just skate and enjoy it, but when there is pressure, you have to know how to cope with it.”
This year thee Italian pairs will compete at Europeans. Last year’s gold winners Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise are missing the season due to Beccari’s injury, but Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini, who won bronze in Kaunas, are present, along with another Italian pair. “It’s very nice to be here with them; we even train together in the same ice hall,” Macii was pleased to note. “Meeting every day helps us push each other, push the boundaries to constantly give more of ourselves. It’s also enjoyable to skate with the other skaters here. When other teams are so close to us, it pushes us a step further.”
Related topics: European Championships, Niccolo Macii, Sara Conti
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