There’s a wealth of stories hidden behind every athletic achievement, filled with ups and downs, often known only to those intimately involved with the sport. Popularly known as the twins of sports journalism, Giorgio and Paolo Viberti, have been reporting these stories for La Stampa and Tuttosport, offering sports fans an insight into their personal experiences of nearly 40 years on the field.
Throughout their careers, they’ve had the opportunity to cover 11 Olympic Games, 52 loops of Italy, 28 tours of France, 54 world cycling championships, and dozens of world swimming and basketball competitions. Their grounding in sports journalism allowed them to interview and interact with many sports superstars, leading to the creation of an exciting and emotionally charged volume recounting the histories of the sporting world.
The narratives involve iconic sporting figures such as Pantani, Coppi, and Senna, and significant events like the Great Turin, the Fallen of Bremen, and the nearly fifty-year-old aerial tragedy. Each sporting event and figure mentioned has a unique and rich history behind them, where viewers might relate.
The twins beautifully translate the realities of sporting champions, their continuous, often overpowering desire to win, their confrontations with their mortality and their human dynamism. The notion of falling and rising in sports, as depicted by these champions, tends to symbolize a metaphor for life.
