Giorgio Armani dresses the Italian Team at Olympic and Paralympic Games
- TOKYO 2020
Giorgio Armani will be the official outfitter of the Italian team at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. The designer's collaboration with CONI (the Italian National Olympic Committee) and CIP (Italian Paralympic Committee), which expresses his strong ties with the world of sport, will be announced today during the presentation of the Emporio Armani men's Spring/Summer 2020 Collection.
Twenty Olympic athletes and nine Paralympians from the different disciplines taking part in the Games will model on the Armani/Teatro runway, wearing the EA7 Emporio Armani-branded clothes created specifically for the medal award ceremony on the podium.
Track suits and jerseys have been crafted in a unique and elegant midnight blue shade, on which the green, white and red shades referencing the Italian national flag stand out. On the inside of the collar of polo shirts and T-shirts the first words of the Italian national anthem appear, while the whole verse is printed inside jackets and sweatshirts. The wardrobe is completed with bags and backpacks, and hats and sneakers. The graphics pay clear homage to Japan: the tricolour disc placed on the front of the track suits and polo shirts recalls the flag of the Land of the Rising Sun, and the word “Italia”, which runs vertically on the backs of the garments, features the letter “t” in the shape of the traditional torii gate (the Japanese symbol of entry to sacred areas).
‘I am happy about this collaboration, which renews a partnership that was initiated in 2012. I always find it stimulating to look for new solutions for athletes’ uniforms, which must be stylishly elegant, yet also practical to use. For the Italian team in Tokyo I have created garments with visual details that pay tribute to Japan, a country that I have always admired, and that recently welcomed me with great warmth,’ says Giorgio Armani.
Giorgio Armani will also design the official uniform that the athletes will wear during the Olympic opening ceremony, which will take place on 24th July 2020 at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Previously, Giorgio Armani has dressed the Italian athletes at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and the Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The garments worn by the Italian Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be available for the public to purchase in Emporio Armani stores and multi-brand stores, and online, starting from May 2020.
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Milano-Cortina, 66 Olympic and Paralympic medals in the delegation
- IOC SESSION
The athletes for Milan-Cortina 2026 take to the field. The Italian delegation in Lausanne will include 16 Olympic and Paralympic champions – 8 women and 8 men – from the past, present and future.
This strong representation of athletes lays claim to a remarkable achievement of 66 Olympic and Paralympic medals, including 24 gold, 17 silver and 25 bronze.
These are not only Olympic athletes linked to winter sports, but athletes of all kinds with an institutional role in the world of national and international sport.
The list of athletes from winter disciplines is as follows: Alberto Tomba, Armin Zöggeler, Federico Pellegrino, Giacomo Bertagnolli (Paralympian), Manuela Di Centa, Arianna Fontana, Sofia Goggia, Michela Moioli, Elisa Confortola and Francesca Porcellato (Paralympian).
The athletes from summer disciplines: Carlo Mornati, Antonio Rossi, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Aldo Montano, Alessandra Sensini and Diana Bianchedi.
The olympic movement celebrates 1 year of action against plastic waste
- WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
World Environment Day 2019 marks one year since the international olympic committee (ioc) joined un environment’s #cleanseas initiative to beat plastic waste and called on the olympic movement to come on board.
Since then, 11 International Sports Federations (IFs), four National Olympic Committees (NOCs), three of the IOC’s commercial partners and the Japanese town of Ichinomiya – host of the Tokyo 2020 surfing competitions – have joined the initiative. Here are some examples of how we are turning our commitments into action.
The International Volleyball Federation, together with the Ghost Fishing Foundation, has launched the Good Net project. The project involves recovering fishing nets from the ocean and turning them into volleyball nets for community use.
At the 2018 Youth World Sailing Championships, World Sailing replaced around 100,000 single-use plastic straws, bottles, flag posts and packaging with reusable alternatives, and are planning to do so at their future events.
The International Triathlon Union, together with the Japan Triathlon Union and the city of Yokohama – host of the 2018 World Triathlon Series – organised clean-ups of the port of Yokohama. They also recreated the natural environment in the port needed for shellfish and other sea life to thrive.
The International Surfing Association organised beach clean-ups and eliminated single-use plastic water bottles at the World Junior Surfing Championship in Huntington beach, USA.
The International Ice Hockey Federation has eliminated all single-use plastic from its headquarters, avoiding the use of 171 kg of plastic. It is also using recycled plastic banners to produce a new, sustainable line of promotional products.
Local golf clubs around the world are also taking action for Clean Seas. For example, the International Golf Federation, working with the GEO Foundation, provided members and guests at the Golf Le Fronde in Italy with reusable metal bottles and free drinking stations. This has helped avoid the use of more than one million single-use plastic bottles since 2013.
In support of the Clean Seas initiative, two-time Olympian Mike Dawson completed the first-ever descent of Africa’s most treacherous river the Kwanza, raising awareness about the issue of plastic waste in Africa and around the world.
World Rugby has undertaken a variety of actions to reuse and recycle plastic and other waste, including a comprehensive global uniform reuse programme.
The Spanish Olympic Committee has eliminated all single-use plastic water bottles from its headquarters and replaced them with reusable ones.
Worldwide Olympic Partner Dow, together with the Ocean Conservancy, has launched the #pullingourweight campaign. It resulted in 55 beach clean-ups with more than 5,600 participants who have removed over 26 tonnes of rubbish to date.
Worldwide Olympic Partner Procter & Gamble is using recycled beach plastic for its Head & Shoulders shampoo brand. Over 1 million bottles have been sold since 2017 in over 10 countries.
President Malagò statement about report of IOC Evaluation Commission
- MILANO CORTINA 2026
“There is great satisfaction in the results of the report drafted by the CIO Evaluation Committee on the candidacy of Milan Cortina for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. We were sure that we had done a good job, with great effort and passion, thanks to fantastic teamwork, the support of the government and the extraordinary collaboration between the various sports, institutional and territorial players. However, when you take an exam, you have to wait for the results, and we are very happy with our report card. We were confident before, but now we are even more so and this instils a significant boost to our action. We need to keep working intensely to enthusiastically promote the content of an ambitious and futuristic project, in line with the 2020 Agenda and with the reforms enacted by the CIO, a faithful reflection of the great desire of the cities, the regions, the territories involved and the entire country to host the Olympics. Dreaming Together!”
The Flame of Minsk 2019 has been lit in Rome. Malagò, Italy will be the protagonist
- EUROPEAN GAMES
The path of the torch leading to Minsk 2019 starts from Rome. The evocative background of the Ara Pacis temple hosted the lighting ceremony of the symbol of the second edition of the European Games that will start in the Belarusian capital on 21 June.
The President of CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) Giovanni Malagò was in attendance, together with the Secretary General Carlo Mornati, the President of the European Olympic Committees Janez Kocijancic, the EOC Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozzi, the Coordination Commission chairman Spyros Capralos, representatives of the Belarusian Government, the Belarusian Minister of Sport and Tourism Siarhei Kavalchuk, the Secretary General of the Belarusian Olympic Committee George Katulin, Artiom Tsuran, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Minsk, and Ivan Markevich, Deputy Chairman of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee.
"I am very honored to be here, Rome is the home of the European Olympic Committees, a fantastic association - emphasized Malagò -. Belarus has strong traditions in different disciplines and I have personally breathed in the wonderful atmosphere of your national Olympic committee. Italy wants to be protagonist in Minsk, we will have 188 athletes and 103 technicians, and we will be participating in all fifteen disciplines also because some of these will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games".
"In Minsk we will try to demonstrate the idea of sport, fraternity, peace and Europe - said Kocijancic - Considering the athletes, technicians and delegations this event will involve thousands of people, and it will be a fantastic sporting event in a beautiful country". The Olympic torch has therefore passed into the hands of three Belarusian Olympic champions: Alena Bialova (fencing), Uladzislau Hancharou (gymnastics), and Yuliya Nestsiarenka (athletics) before being entrusted to bikers who will cross Europe bearing the symbol of the Games.
Lausanne 2020: Zakea’s medal design reaches the top!
- YOG
The winning entry of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Medal Design Competition for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 has been chosen. It was submitted by 20-years old Zakea Page from New Zealand and is entitled “Beauty in Diversity”.
Chosen from among close to 300 entries from 60 nations, the winning design was picked by a panel of judges made up of Young Change-Makers, Young Reporters, IOC Member Danka Bartekova, Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre and ERACOM (Lausanne art school) Dean Viviane Morey.
The Medal Design Competition winner said of his design: “It is inspired by Maya Angelou’s quote, “In diversity there is beauty”. This is fitting because the Youth Olympic Games are not only a celebration of human excellence, but also of culture and humanity. The spiral represents a culture of respect, friendship and excellence as young athletes gather at the Youth Olympic Games to celebrate their success. The spiral also celebrates the journey of hard work and dedication made by each individual athlete. These journeys are specific to each athlete, but they all lead to the Youth Olympic Games, where the athletes will compete and showcase their abilities.”
Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre commented: "It was very tough to choose; there were so many beautiful designs among the entries! In the end, I am very happy with the winning design, which looks stunning! I look forward to seeing it around the athletes’ necks at Lausanne 2020.”
Competition judge and Young Change-Maker+ Carolina Joly said: “Zakea’s design was my favourite. It is beautiful and encapsulates the spirit of the Youth Olympic Games. It’s fresh and innovative and I am very glad it will be the official design of the Lausanne 2020 medals.”
Winner Zakea will attend the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020, including the Opening Ceremony, and witness first hand athletes being awarded medals featuring his design. In addition, he will receive his own set of medals and a Samsung tablet.
The judges also selected two runner-up designs. In second place was 28-years-old Johan Poizat from France, with his design “The Star of the Alps is You”. In third position was 30-years-old Mishael Jacob Pueblas from the Philippines, with a design called “Wings of a Champion”.
Tokyo 2020 Unveils Details of Olympic Competition Schedule
- OLYMPIC GAMES
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today announced the event line-up for each session of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. This important information gives some tips for those considering purchasing Olympic tickets. The action-packed programme will feature a record 33 sports and 339 events and will run from 24 July until 9 August 2020.
Preliminary events will kick off with softball and women’s football on 22 July 2020, two days before the Opening Ceremony. Rowing and archery events will be held on the day of the Opening Ceremony. The first medal event—women’s 10m air rifle—will be held with the session starting at 8:30 JST on 25 July, the day after the Opening Ceremony. Medal events in 6 sports—archery, cycling (road race), fencing, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting—will also be held, with medals being awarded in a total of 11 events that day.
The Aomi and Ariake zones will be hotspots for urban sports and are likely to resonate with a vibrant atmosphere, highlighting the innovations in the sports programme aimed at making Tokyo 2020 “More Youth, More Urban, More Women”. Men’s and women’s 3x3 basketball will start on 25 July, the first day of the Games. Skateboarding street events will be held on 26 and 27 July. BMX freestyle park events will follow on 1 and 2 August with skateboarding park featuring on 5 and 6 August and sport climbing on 4 to 7 August.
“Super Saturday” and “Golden Sunday”, 1 and 2 August, are expected to attract huge stadium audiences and TV viewers around the world, with a large number of medal events scheduled to be held. A total of 21 medal events will be held on “Super Saturday”, including events featuring for the first time in the Olympic Games, such as the judo mixed team event, the triathlon mixed team relay and the shooting trap mixed team event, all of which will help make Tokyo 2020 the most gender-balanced Olympic Games in history. This day will also see the men’s football quarter-finals, which will be staged at four different venues.
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This sporting extravaganza will be followed by 26 medal events on “Golden Sunday”, including the women's marathon, the men's athletics 100m final, men's and women's gymnastics events, and the men's tennis singles final. “Golden Sunday” will also feature the final day of fencing events, including the men's team foil final, and the closing day of swimming events, with five finals scheduled. Overall it will be an action-packed two days.
From 2 August, the second half of the Games will see 171 medal events, including the newly-added karate and sport climbing, wrestling and other team events’ semi-finals and finals such as team table tennis. Athletics events will kick off on 31 July at the new Olympic Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Athletics finals will feature in almost all sessions, offering multiple opportunities for fans to experience gold-medal action. During the evening session of 6 August, the outcome of the decathlon and heptathlon events will be decided in the same session for the first time in the Olympics. The 4 x 100m relay for men and women will take place on the evening of 7 August.
Saturday, 8 August, the day before the Closing Ceremony, will constitute another “Super Saturday”, featuring no fewer than 30 event finals, the largest number on a single day during the Games. They will include the men’s basketball final, the men’s football final and the baseball final. The finals of many women’s events will also be held, including the team free routine in artistic swimming and individual all-round rhythmic gymnastics, all key attractions of the Games. The final day of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Sunday 9 August, will commence with the men’s marathon. On that closing day, the streets of Tokyo are expected to be lined with crowds as the Games build to their climax. The last medal event will be the men’s water polo final.
Tokyo 2020 took a holistic approach when compiling the schedule, taking into account the technical rules and regulations of the various international federations, gender balance, athletes’ experience & well-being, the popularity of individual sports in Japan, global TV audiences and operational considerations.
Final guarantees delivered by 12 April deadline: Milan-Cortina is prepared for vote
- TODAY IN LAUSANNE
This morning in Lausanne, the final guarantees from the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid were delivered, as required by the IOC in the methods and timelines envisaged.
The bid’s journey has concluded with great satisfaction, after having involved the Italian Government, the cities of Milan and Cortina, the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, the provinces of Trento and Bolzano, CONI and the Italian Paralympic Committee.
From here on, all focus will be on the 134th IOC Session, which will announce the host of the 2026 Olympics on 24 June in Lausanne.
Record data revealed by the IOC survey: 83% of Italians want the Games. Malagò: proud of the work carried out
- MILANO CORTINA 2026
The press conference was held at Palazzo Marino, in the heart of Milan, during the week of the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission with respect to the Milan Cortina bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games 2026. This morning the Seminar that began yesterday at the Royal Palace ended, and it featured a significant exchange of 'Olympic' presentations between the international delegation led by Octavian Morariu and the Italian team involved in the project, led by INOC President Giovanni Malagò, the Secretary General Carlo Mornati, and the representatives of the cities and regions.
The press conference was attended, in addition to President Malagò, by the Mayors of Milan and Cortina Giuseppe Sala and Gianpietro Ghedina, the Governors of Lombardy and Veneto Attilio Fontana and Luca Zaia, the President of the Commission Morariu, and the Executive Director of the IOC Olympic Games Christophe Dubi.
Before the press conference, the IOC presented the result the candidacy-related survey, which confirmed, as pointed out by Morariu, the enthusiasm perceived during the visit: 83% of Italians favor the candidacy. Specifically, 81% of the population of Lombardy (87% in Milan), and 80% of that in Veneto, and 85% overall in the rest of the country. A satisfaction that has further increased in the first months of 2019.
President Malagò - considering this significant response - expressed the satisfaction of the working group at the end of a week of visits that started in Venice and ended in Milan, after crossing Cortina, Anterselva, Baselga di Pinè, Tesero, Predazzo, Livigno, and Bormio. "For the first time, two cities attach their names and faces to this candidacy. We started some time ago, not long but we followed logic: we studied and identified the best conditions so that our country could be competitive in terms of hosting the Olympic Games. The end result was to bring together two fantastic regions and we proposed a special mix, a peculiar combination of traditional beauty. Objectively, these realities of ours are Unique in the world panorama. I thank all the partners and our wonderful group. We have 5 stakeholders, a very strong team. It is not common to find this unity in Italy and I am proud of this and of the support of the Government, which has been persuaded day after day about this type of low-cost bid and, at the same time, has decided to use 100% of the opportunities offered by the 2020 agenda; thanks to this we are here and we are candidates. We have chosen to go where there are already venues that have made the history of individual disciplines, venues considered the best in the world such as Anterselva, Val di Fiemme and Cortina, combining them with the tradition of other locations. Many thanks to President Morariu and to the whole committee. I am sure that you have been touched by the Italian atmosphere, characterized by our mentality, the joy of living and, at the same time, supported by serious people, a fantastic group with recognized competencies in the organization of major sporting events. Italy has demonstrated a tradition of hosting international events and we hope that this tradition will continue with Milano Cortina".
Positive impressions confirmed by the words of the IOC Evaluation Commission President Octavian Morariu: "We are satisfied, the candidacy is built on the 2020 Agenda precepts, which aims to reduce costs and optimize sustainability. It is an extraordinary project, the Italian team has put a lot of passion into it, and it has been able to exploit and enhance a great experience. All these render the candidacy of Milan Cortina very strong”. During the conference, Dubi also confirmed this line. "The bid focuses on athletes, thanks to the choice of venues that conforms with the 2020 Agenda philosophy and it knows how to place the main protagonists of the Olympic Games in the best conditions to express their potential".
Finally, great optimism and positivity emerged from the speeches of mayors Sala and Ghedina, and the Governors Fontana and Zaia. Work will recommence in view of the next steps. A presentation of the candidacy is scheduled for May in a conference call with Brisbane, where the 17th GAISF Summit will meet. Another key step in view of the designation of the city to host the 2026 Olympic Games: the decision will be made on 24 June in IOC’s Session in Lausanne. (Photo Mezzelani GMT Sport)
Italian Government signs guarantees for bid. Giorgetti delivers letter to the IOC Commission
- MILANO CORTINA 2026
The Italian Government has signed the guarantees in support of the Milan-Cortina 2026 bid. The announcement came at the start of the afternoon stage of the Seminar related to the visit by the IOC Evaluation Commission, held at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The Undersecretary at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in charge of Sport, Giancarlo Giorgetti, announced the Government’s decision, before delivering the official document signed by the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, to Octavian Morariu, the IOC member overseeing the international delegation. The important document arrived on the second last day of the Evaluation Commission’s tour. The host of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be chosen on 24 June at the IOC Session in Lausanne.
MIlano Cortina 2026: incontri e riunioni al Palazzo Reale di Milano
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