Giorgio Malan bronze in pentathlon, his uncle the senator: “Great emotion. I used to do triathlon but not at these levels…”

Giorgio Malan on the Olympic podium in the modern pentathlon. Third place at Chateau de Versailles (gold for Egypt’s Ahmed El Gendy and silver for Japan’s Taisho Sato) Under the eyes of Uncle Lucio Malan, Leader of the group in the Senate of the Brothers of Italy.

Torino, 24 years old, belongs to the Azzurri team, Giorgio is the youngest son of Fabrizio Malan, Lucio’s brother and head of the plastic surgery department in Turin. Mother Carmen Bongiorno is a nurse. Sport is still at home, Giorgio Malan, in fact, already gold in the individual pentathlon and bronze in the team at the European Games in Krakow, He is engaged to judoka Alessia Tedeschi.

After 32 years of waiting, Giorgio returns home with a pentathlon medal: The last was the team’s bronze medal in Barcelona in 1992. While for the individual silver you have to go back to 1988, with Masullo in Seoul. “It’s a great emotion to have an Olympic medalist in the family. My daughter gave him the tricolor,” The senator still in the running shouts.

“My brother Fabrizio was the Italian triathlon champion in ’74. I also participated in those tournaments, but I did not reach those levels. My nephew did a great job in the Laser Race, eventually coming back on the last lap of the race, He was among the best in the 200 freestyle, In fencing he limited the damage and in horse riding he was first. And how do you rate your policy, Senator? “He appreciates, but he doesn’t care, He has five sports to play. But I have reason to believe he voted for me.”