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In Rome to receive the Collare d'Oro, the president of the IOC after the ceremony sends back the petition of more than a thousand inhabitants of Ampezzo who asked to block the reimbursement.
Sunday 18 September 2022 2 minutes reading time
Received the letter-appeal from the Cortina Civic Committee the day before and pressed by the president of the Veneto region Zaia who had publicly asked him to put an end to this story, Thomas Bach declares his total support for the project for the reconstruction of the track - monument Eugenio Monti.
"We discussed the issue of the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton run in Cortina with the local authorities, we were informed about the works. We talked about it to the IOC and we agree on the proposed solution, for reasons of cost and sustainability, because this the project will not impact the budget of the Games and the center will also be used after the Olympics ". Green light, therefore, with all due respect to the environmentalists.
Bach added: "We were told it would be a tourist attraction, which local authorities want apart from the Games". CONI president Giovanni Malagò collects with satisfaction: “The words of President Bach are perfect. I want to remind you that we won the Olympics with a master plan and one of the central points was the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track in Cortina. We respect what has been agreed for all venues because we are serious. Sometimes Italy has been accused of not respecting the word, this time there is no doubt ".
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