"You have denied the cliché of an undisciplined people, of those who confuse with this the aptitude for imagination, creativity, inventiveness. Despite the difficulty of the pandemic emergency, you have found different ways to train and keep fit".
This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the ceremony for the delivery of the Tricolor to the athletes leaving for the Winter Olympics.
"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 optimism, offered to the country from the Olympic and Paralympic sports world ".
This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the ceremony for the delivery of the Tricolor to the athletes leaving for the Winter Olympics.