Olympic and Paralympic athletes of Milano Cortina 2026 received at Palazzo Chigi by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
The Italy Team’s intense two-day programme of institutional engagements concluded at Palazzo Chigi. The day after the return of the Tricolour to the Head of State at the Quirinale and the celebratory evening at Casina Valadier, the Olympic and Paralympic athletes who starred at Milano Cortina 2026 — fresh from their morning audience with Pope Leo XIV — were received by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Also present at the meeting (photo Andrea Masini/CONI), among others, were CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio, CIP President Marco Giunio De Sanctis, CONI Secretary General and Italy Team Chef de Mission Carlo Mornati, Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation President Giovanni Malagò, Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi, and Federation Presidents Flavio Roda (FISI) and Andrea Gios (FISG).
Meloni was presented by Buonfiglio with a flag signed by the athletes, while the CIP President gifted her the Paralympic Games torch. In turn, the Prime Minister presented the athletes with commemorative cases containing the Tricolour and medals.
Earlier in the morning, a delegation of the Italy Team had met Senate President Ignazio La Russa during the event “Sport and Peace”, organised by Senator Giusy Versace in the Sala Zuccari of Palazzo Giustiniani.
L'Italia Team protagonista a Milano Cortina 2026 ricevuto a Palazzo Chigi dal Presidente Meloni
