At the end of August I decide to swab before resuming training to prepare for the mach for the Italian title on November 13th. I tested positive.
I locked myself in the house, worrying about who I had seen in the previous days without luckily having transmitted the virus to anyone. I am by nature and for the sport that I practice a person attentive to every aspect of my health but as I have been able to experience on my skin, it is not difficult to get in touch with the virus. They were difficult days but the isolation and the doctor's instructions were the necessary treatments to get out of it, after two negative swabs.
I was lucky and I want to thank the health system and friends who never made me feel alone.
I didn't want to make it public before because I didn't like the idea of making something so delicate for people spectacular. But then I realized that the preconception of being a smearer can cause the fear of taking tests or even denying that this disease exists. Today we talk about it is for the sole purpose of addressing young people by telling them not to be afraid in facing the tests and to always remain with the guard up, respecting the rules.
I want to send Federica Pellegrini, Valentino Rossi and the many others in sport, my best wishes for a speedy recovery, suggesting him not to get caught up in the anxiety of the moment, the despondency of isolation but that this too will be a commitment that you will have been able to overcome samples.