His Olympic pass arrived together with his 15th place in the final of the World Championship in Moscow, a position which was enough to enable him to appear in Brazil in August. The Roman policeman, who in his spare time is a sommelier, currently occupies third place in the World Cup rankings, whilst in the world and Olympic rankings, he remains firmly in the top 20 athletes. He has excelled especially in relay racing, with which he stepped onto the podium three times in recent years and with which in 2012 he won the world title in front of his home crowd.