India Silvestrino……..

I met this vibrant young Athelete way back when she was born, I was standing right there when her mum, my wife delivered her. She was a bright little spark with energy to burn and a vigorous amount of stamina. On the very first day I was changing her nappy, she lifted her self off the changing table. Wow!!!!!!!!!! what strength, what determination!!! from that moment on, her enthusiasm for Athletics and running in particular was to become her forte’, at the age of 14 months old she would do 5 metre sprints in the family Room, she would lap all the supermaket isles and she would go into a frenzy when asked to do Star Jumps, I believe one day she reached 353 before we told her to stop………

She adores sports and the training associated with having to learn tecniques, she loves a challenge and thrives on competition, I remember India telling me one day after sports day….Papi, I wanted to run so fast that I imagined being a cheetah and as i was picking up speed the surroundings were like a Blur…wow!!!!! She was 20 metres behind the girl in front of her…she blitzed her and won by 30 metres…………..

One day she will become my Usain Bolt and run like the wind, but for now she is my little girl that  makes my heart melt every time she tells me….Papi, I la-lu

Horse Riding at School Jebel Ali Primary School on the oval where many medals will be fought

 

 A little Shy at Dubai Mall, Ice Rink………………..