Building a gold medal means listening to the secrets of an island that manages to be as famous as it is private. It means joining your sail to the ancient Sardinian currents, following their primal breezes, and joining the flow of coastlines that still know how to speak to the distant past. It means accepting beauty and its eternal enigmas, taking root in solitude and awareness, following the example of immortal myths.

“I dedicate the gold medal to Gigi Riva.” These are Marta Maggetti’s words as a newly crowned Olympic windsurfing champion in the IQ Foil class. The sporting soul and symbol of Cagliari, as well as all of Sardinia, shines in the waters of Marseille, and in the Mount Olympus of Paris 2024. The remembrance of a silent leader celebrates the highest honor in sports, and enhances its significance.

Building a gold medal means paying homage to your essence, and to those who helped shape it. It means taking the Gulf of Cagliari to the world, showing the resolute obstinacy of a proud land that can never be loved as much as by those who belong to it. It means elevating your state of mind and feelings, and transposing them into a new but usual dimension. Home.

Cédric Dasesson’s lens takes us into the intimate aquatic cosmos of Marta Maggetti, the 28-year-old Italian windsurfer who won a historic Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024. A visual synergy that is enhanced by their shared Sardinian origins.