(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 23 - "It is often said, and it is true, that during the pandemic emergency, our country suffered a lot and in the year that is about to end and in what is about to open sport was a response of hope and dioptimism, offered to the country by the Olympic and Paralympic sports world ".
This was stated by the President of the Republic SergioMattarella at the ceremony for the delivery of the Tricolor to the athletes leaving for the Winter Olympics.
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