The message reads, in part:
"You brilliantly completed the long programme, and you have once again confidently made it to the top of the European pedestal. I know that this has been very difficult for you, that you have had to overcome many obstacles. But this makes the gold medal that you won after such a difficult struggle all the more valuable and precious. In Sheffield, you once again proved that luck always favours the most talented and most determined athletes with the strongest spirit."