Then we had six 15-minute rounds, and after each round one competitor was eliminated until three of us were left to compete in the final.

There is no difference between men and women and I tried to prove that even in logic men and women are on the same level.

I was maybe a little nervous, but then again, I have a good deal of experience from other competitions so it wasn’t anything serious.

In Lucca, the media paid a lot of attention to the championship. But there was no audience, so the atmosphere was fairly quiet.