On August 13, one of the leading Italian newspapers published the following news in an article analyzing Italian performance at the recent European Athletics Championships:
"... Eleonora Giorgi, which for years is walking with technical problems, will be followed by the guru Sandro Damilano (the Head Coach had already announced it last year, then the idea had not materialized)..."
We have not given any weight to this news because we have been limited to a simple phone call with Sandro Damilano that, as noted, also collaborates in the web site Marcia dal Mondo, which has denied it with a smile.
The news was, however, subsequently also taken up by other specialist web sites on athletics so much so that yesterday Sandro Damilano was quick to officially deny.
In the evening we were contacted by the Saluzzo technician who invited us to announce the state of affairs and his declaration through Marcia dal Mondo.
"No one has ever contacted me and I believe no one will; I also have a contract with the Chinese Federation that expires in 2020 and for these reasons my commitment with Giorgi is to be excluded.
With China at the last Olympics I won two gold and one silver medal (even if in Italy this result has gone almost unnoticed) and my intention is to continue with the Chinese group (even if they stopped the strongest after the Olympic Games) to look for the fifth consecutive gold medal in an Olympics".
Sandro Damilano