IOC includes Constantini and Mosaner among the athletes celebrated in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne
- CURLING
Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner enter the IOC Olympic Museum. After winning the historic gold medal in the mixed curling doubles at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, the IOC Heritage asked the two national team members to donate an object commemorating their success to the Five Circles Museum in Lausanne to inspire the younger generation and promote the Olympic spirit. Once the Chinese Games are over, therefore, the broom used on this magical evening at the National Aquatics Centre will rightfully become part of the memorabilia of the illustrious champions who wrote Olympic history.
Draghi to Malagò: Italy will know how to assert itself as in Tokyo. I'll be waiting for you when you return
- BEIJING 2022
CONI President Giovanni Malagò had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The Prime Minister sent, through Malagò, a message of greeting to the Italia Team because of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: 'I extend to the Italian athletes my sincerest wishes for a successful Olympics on behalf of the Government and my own. I am sure that in Beijing, as in Tokyo, Italy will know how to do well. I look forward to your return,' Draghi's words on the phone with the CONI President who landed in Beijing this morning. (photo ANSA)
Mattarella to Malagò: 'Best wishes to the athletes, in particular to Moioli and Goggia. I will be following you'
- BEIJING 2022
This morning CONI President, Giovanni Malagò, had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Malagò spoke to the Head of State shortly before boarding the flight from Zurich that is taking him to China for the Olympic Games. 'I extend my warmest greetings to the Italian athletes,' Mattarella told Malagò. And in particular, to Michela Moioli for her new role as flag-bearer and Sofia Goggia with best wishes for a speedy recovery. I will follow you with great affection and see each other on our return. Italy is always proud of you'. (photo Ferraro CONI)
Malagò on the re-election of Mattarella to lead the country: happy to still have him as our first supporter
- CONI
CONI President Giovanni Malagò issued the following statement.
'On behalf of myself and the National Olympic Committee, interpreting the feelings of the entire Italian sport, I extend the most sincere and affectionate congratulations to President Sergio Mattarella on re-election to the country's leadership.
In recent weeks I had publicly emphasised that it would be difficult to imagine a Head of State closer to our world than he was. So we welcome his confirmation with great happiness, recalling the support he has always shown for the sports movement, together with the sensitivity and encouragement, discreet but constant, reserved for the champions who make Italy great in the world with their successes. Mattarella's political, moral, and value stature is a guarantee for the country that he has represented with class in every forum, managing to express its noblest identity authoritatively. Happy to have him as our first supporter again. Good work, President!'
Casa Italia renews its tradition of two tricolour locations at the Winter Olympic Games
- IN BEIJING AND YANQING
CONI renews the tradition of Casa Italia at the Olympic Games. The first Tricolour Hospitality House was conceived in Los Angeles in 1984: a long history for a continuously evolving project. Today it is a product and brand recognised at Olympic and international level, capable of narrating all our excellences, from sport to Made in Italy.
A true media hub aims to amplify Olympic content during the Games exponentially.
The two venues in Beijing will cover the two main clusters of Yanqing. In addition, Beijing will host media and athletes in compliance with anti-COVID-19 regulations and the playbooks defined by the Games Organising Committee.
Casa Italia in Yanqing will be housed in the Beijing Marriott Hotel Yanqing - Yard No 92, Xincheng Street; Casa Italia in Beijing, on the other hand, will be located in the St. Regis Hotel - Beijing - 21 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang, Beijing China 100020
The concept is inspired by the journey in its real and imaginary meaning, as a metaphor for the path that humans accomplish outside and inside themselves to achieve ever new goals..
Through Millium, the ancient travelling unit of measurement corresponding to a thousand steps in Roman and medieval times, Casa Italia in Beijing 2022 wants to be for the Italia Team an experience that connects the other, with the elsewhere, with a better version of themselves.
All exploration is a deeply human need, but only a few manage to have the ambition and courage to devote their lives to pushing the boundaries of the known and facing their own limits.
The two Casa Italia venues will welcome the Italian Olympic Mission and celebrate the athletes who will represent Italy during the Winter Olympic Games, also in compliance with the commitments made with partners, once again writing the history of Italian sport.
Italia Team complete, seven alpine skiers selected to compete in Beijing 2022
- WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
The Italia Team for Beijing 2022 is complete. At the end of the men's slalom held tonight in Schladming, the names of the men's Alpine ski team that will occupy the seven slots allocated to Italy were chosen.
Competing on the Chinese slopes of Yanqing will be Luca De Aliprandini, Christof Innerhofer, Matteo Marsaglia, Dominik Paris, Giuliano Razzoli, Tommaso Sala and Alex Vinatzer. In the women's category, Marta Bassino, Federica Brignone, Elena Curtoni, Nadia Delago, Nicol Delago, Lara Della Mea, Sofia Goggia, Anita Gulli and Francesca Marsaglia had already been selected. The Alpine skiing team consists of 16 of the 118 'Azzurri' in the Italia Team competing at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (photo FISI)
This is the list of members with the federations they belong to:
Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) - 86 athletes (51 men, 35 women)
BIATHLON (10)
Men (5): Didier Bionaz, Thomas Bormolini, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch.
Women (5): Michela Carrara, Samuela Comola, Federica Sanfilippo, Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer.
BOB (9)
Men (8): Patrick Baumgartner, Lorenzo Bilotti, Eric Fantazzini, Robert Mircea, Josè Delmas Obou, Alex Pagnini, Mattia Variola, Alex Verginer.
Women (1): Giada Andreutti.
NORDIC COMBINED (4)
Men: Iacopo Bortolas, Raffaele Buzzi, Alessandro Pittin, Samuel Costa.
FREESTYLE (5)
Men (2): Simone Deromedis, Leonardo Donaggio.
Women (3): Silvia Bertagna, Lucrezia Fantelli, Jole Galli.
KI JUMPING (2)
Men (1): Giovanni Bresadola.
Women (1): Jessica Malsiner.
ALPINE SKIING (16)
Men (7): Luca De Aliprandini, Christof Innerhofer, Matteo Marsaglia, Dominik Paris, Giuliano Razzoli, Tommaso Sala, Alex Vinatzer
Women (9): Marta Bassino, Federica Brignone, Elena Curtoni, Nadia Delago, Nicol Delago, Lara Della Mea, Sofia Goggia, Anita Gulli, Francesca Marsaglia.
CROSS COUNTRY (12)
Men (6): Francesco De Fabiani, Davide Graz, Federico Pellegrino, Maicol Rastelli, Giandomenico Salvadori, Paolo Ventura.
Women (6): Anna Comarella, Martina Di Centa, Caterina Ganz, Greta Laurent, Cristina Pittin, Lucia Scardoni.
SKELETON (3)
Men (2): Amedeo Bagnis, Mattia Gaspari.
Women (1): Valentina Margaglio.
LUGE (8)
Men (5): Leon Felderer, Dominik Fischnaller, Kevin Fischnaller, Simon Kainzwaldner, Emanuel Rieder.
Women (3): Verena Hofer, Andrea Voetter, Nina Zoeggeler.
SNOWBOARD (17)
Men (11): Daniele Bagozza, Edwin Coratti, Mirko Felicetti, Filippo Ferrari, Roland Fischnaller, Lorenzo Gennero, Emiliano Lauzi, Tommaso Leoni, Lorenzo Sommariva, Omar Visintin, Louis Philip Vito III.
Women (6): Sofia Belingheri, Caterina Carpano, Lucia Dalmasso, Francesca Gallina, Michela Moioli, Nadya Ochner.
Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) - 32 athletes (21 men, 11 women)
CURLING (6)
Men (5): Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella, Simone Gonin, Amos Mosaner, Joel Thierry Retornaz.
Women (1): Stefania Constantini.
FIGURE SKATING (9)
Men (5): Filippo Ambrosini, Marco Fabbri, Daniel Grassl, Matteo Guarise, Matteo Rizzo.
Women (4): Nicole Della Monica, Rebecca Ghilardi, Charlene Guignard, Lara Naki Gutmann.
SPEED SKATING (7)
Men (6): David Bosa, Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Michele Malfatti, Jeffrey Rosanelli, Alessio Trentini.
Women (1): Francesca Lollobrigida.
SHORT TRACK (10)
Men (5): Andrea Cassinelli, Yuri Confortola, Tommaso Dotti, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser.
Women (5): Arianna Fontana, Cynthia Mascitto, Arianna Sighel, Arianna Valcepina, Martina Valcepina.
Michela Moioli, Italy's flag-bearer at Beijing 2022
- WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Michela Moioli will be Italy's flag-bearer at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled from 4 to 20 February. CONI President Giovanni Malagò decided this after speaking with Sofia Goggia and the President of the Italian Winter Sports Federation, Flavio Roda, following the rehabilitation course planned for the Olympic downhill champion after her injury last Sunday in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Afterwards, President Malagò informed the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who had presented the Tricolour to Sofia Goggia on 23 December, of the change of standard bearer. The selection of Michela Moioli was appreciated by the Head of State, who invited Malagò to send a message wishing her a speedy recovery through him 'I'm rooting for her,' Mattarella said, and Malagò immediately relayed this to Sofia Goggia. Furthermore, she drew further motivation from the President of the Republic's words to try to recover in time for the downhill race on 15 February.
CONI reserves the right to appoint a flag-bearer for the closing ceremony scheduled for 20 February in the coming weeks.
Italia Team for Beijing 2022, 118 Italian athletes competing in China
- WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
There are 118 athletes on the Italia Team committed to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. In the five-ring event, which kicks off on 4 February, there will be 46 women's national team members (39% of the entire expedition) and 72 men's national team members competing in 14 disciplines scheduled until 20 February. In similar numbers to PyeongChang 2018, Italy was represented by 122 athletes (48 women and 74 men) in Korea.
For China, only the men's Alpine skiing names remain to be finalised, and whose seven slots will be announced tomorrow at the end of the men's night slalom in Schladming. (photo Ferraro CONI)
This is the list of members with the federations they belong to:
Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) - 86 athletes (51 men, 35 women)
BIATHLON (10)
Men (5): Didier Bionaz, Thomas Bormolini, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch.
Women (5): Michela Carrara, Samuela Comola, Federica Sanfilippo, Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer.
BOB (9)
Men (8): Patrick Baumgartner, Lorenzo Bilotti, Eric Fantazzini, Robert Mircea, Josè Delmas Obou, Alex Pagnini, Mattia Variola, Alex Verginer.
Women (1): Giada Andreutti.
NORDIC COMBINED (4)
Men: Iacopo Bortolas, Raffaele Buzzi, Alessandro Pittin, Samuel Costa.
FREESTYLE (5)
Men (2): Simone Deromedis, Leonardo Donaggio.
Women (3): Silvia Bertagna, Lucrezia Fantelli, Jole Galli.
KI JUMPING (2)
Men (1): Giovanni Bresadola.
Women (1): Jessica Malsiner.
ALPINE SKIING (16)
Men (7): -
Women (9): Marta Bassino, Federica Brignone, Elena Curtoni, Nadia Delago, Nicol Delago, Lara Della Mea, Sofia Goggia, Anita Gulli, Francesca Marsaglia.
CROSS COUNTRY (12)
Men (6): Francesco De Fabiani, Davide Graz, Federico Pellegrino, Maicol Rastelli, Giandomenico Salvadori, Paolo Ventura.
Women (6): Anna Comarella, Martina Di Centa, Caterina Ganz, Greta Laurent, Cristina Pittin, Lucia Scardoni.
SKELETON (3)
Men (2): Amedeo Bagnis, Mattia Gaspari.
Women (1): Valentina Margaglio.
LUGE (8)
Men (5): Leon Felderer, Dominik Fischnaller, Kevin Fischnaller, Simon Kainzwaldner, Emanuel Rieder.
Women (3): Verena Hofer, Andrea Voetter, Nina Zoeggeler.
SNOWBOARD (17)
Men (11): Daniele Bagozza, Edwin Coratti, Mirko Felicetti, Filippo Ferrari, Roland Fischnaller, Lorenzo Gennero, Emiliano Lauzi, Tommaso Leoni, Lorenzo Sommariva, Omar Visintin, Louis Philip Vito III.
Women (6): Sofia Belingheri, Caterina Carpano, Lucia Dalmasso, Francesca Gallina, Michela Moioli, Nadya Ochner.
Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) - 32 athletes (21 men, 11 women)
CURLING (6)
Men (5): Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella, Simone Gonin, Amos Mosaner, Joel Thierry Retornaz.
Women (1): Stefania Constantini.
FIGURE SKATING (9)
Men (5): Filippo Ambrosini, Marco Fabbri, Daniel Grassl, Matteo Guarise, Matteo Rizzo.
Women (4): Nicole Della Monica, Rebecca Ghilardi, Charlene Guignard, Lara Naki Gutmann.
SPEED SKATING (7)
Men (6): David Bosa, Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Michele Malfatti, Jeffrey Rosanelli, Alessio Trentini.
Women (1): Francesca Lollobrigida.
SHORT TRACK (10)
Men (5): Andrea Cassinelli, Yuri Confortola, Tommaso Dotti, Pietro Sighel, Luca Spechenhauser.
Women (5): Arianna Fontana, Cynthia Mascitto, Arianna Sighel, Arianna Valcepina, Martina Valcepina.
Agreement with the Politecnico di Milano to develop activities related to sports facilities
- CONI
The Politecnico di Milano and CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) have signed a framework agreement to train students and graduates and perform research activities in sports facilities. In particular, the collaboration promotes training initiatives and learning paths that enable students and graduates to expand their knowledge of the construction and management of sports infrastructures, including through laboratory exercises, projects and degree dissertations.
Thanks to the agreement, it will also be possible to research technological innovation in the sector. In addition, courses will be provided for the professional updating of CONI operators. The agreement's signing event was attended by Giovanni Malagò, President of CONI, Ferruccio Resta, Rector of the Politecnico, Emilio Faroldi, Scientific Coordinator of the agreement for the Politecnico, and Francesco Calvetti, Rector's Delegate for Sports Activities.
Mattarella presents Malagò with the honour of Cavaliere di Gran Croce. "An honour that I share with Italian sport as a whole"
- CONI
CONI President, Giovanni Malagò, became a Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of the Grand Cross). The highest honour conferred by the Presidency of the Republic was awarded to the number one Italian sportsman by the Head of State - Sergio Mattarella - at Quirinal Palace, before the ceremony for the handing over of the tricolour flag to Sofia Goggia and Giacomo Bertagnolli in view of the Beijing 2022 Games. A similar accolade was awarded to the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee, Luca Pancalli. This was another example of President Mattarella's extraordinary closeness to Italian sport, at the end of an unforgettable year for the entire movement. Malagò emphasised his “great pride to have been awarded the highest honour of the Presidency of the Republic, an honour that I share with my beloved world. I am proud of sport and proud to be Italian”. (Photo of Quirinal Palace)
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