"2021 was an extraordinary year for Italian sport, the numbers and all the parameters say it. For some it is unrepeatable, and perhaps they are right: but we men of sport like challenges, and this is the challenge of the future. ". Coni president Giovanni Malago 'said this, speaking at the ceremony of the tricolor delivery for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. "The team has prepared well, despite Covid difficulties, particularly heavy for winter sports - he added. Malago '- but as in Tokyo, also on this occasion we will be able to win again in disciplines where the podium has been missing for some time ".
"For seven years you have been our president, our beacon". Thus 'Giovanni Malago', president of Coni, thanked the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who had reached the end of his mandate, at the opening of the ceremony for the delivery of the tricolor for Beijing 2022 at the Quirinale. "We thank you - added Malagò - this umpteenth meeting is a formidable underlining of your infinite, constant, human, competent attention towards Italian sport. has shown that he listens to us, helps us, loves us ".