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Monday 24 June 2019 5 minutes reading time
Around Milan-Cortina, in the duel with no holds barred with Stockholm-Are, there is great confidence for a positive outcome of the verdict that, at 6.00 pm, will sanction who will have had the best in the IOC, among the Italian candidacy and the Swedish one.
Shortly before lunch, the heads of the two delegations spoke at the press conference, following the presentation (in camera) of the technical reports. If Sweden, by voice of the number 1 Richard Brisius, answers on the logistical difficulties that “our country has the second transport system in the world after Singapore and we are sure that an athlete can do the opening ceremony and in less than two hours arrive in Sigulda and Are, "and on the budget question" we have ample guarantees, we are insured and we have economic reserves in case something goes wrong as we had planned ", Italy has had to face ten questions formulated by IOC members during the first presentation.
Among the questions the commitment to legacy, the legacy of the Games and the involvement of African nations in the development programs for winter sports, the distance between Milan and Cortina, transport, the situation of airports, investments for the new PalaItalia di Milano in Santa Giulia, the request to Undersecretary Giorgetti to explain the involvement of the institutions. And then the question of the double opening ceremony: not only San Siro or the new stadium that the president of Milan, Scaroni, and the CEO of Inter, Antonello (both present in Lausanne), have promised to become a reality, but also the area near the Cortina springboard.
"A beautiful presentation", the president of the Coni, Giovanni Malagò, smiled, showing confidence and pride, in front of the media all over the world, while Undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti answered the conference on the economic guarantees of the candidacy. "There are three studios from different universities, from Milan to Rome and Venice: they all tell us that the answers will be important, then we must consider our experience linked to the Expo that has re-launched us worldwide. Not to mention that the whole aspect of tourism in the Dolomites exists â€. With the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, who reinforced the concept: "We have covered and solid shoulders".
The same premier Giuseppe Conte, who arrived in the Swiss city in the morning, called “the compact country to seize such an important occasion. We are united and determined to make it ".
At 2 pm, off to the official presentation of Stockholm-Are, then at 2.45 pm it will be the turn of Milan-Cortina with the video message of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the presence of the many blue champions called in Lausanne.
With NeveItalia we will keep you constantly updated on the evolution of a day that could become historic for the Italy of winter sports: live TV is scheduled starting at 1.45 pm on Raisport (with passage from 17.45 on Rai for the verdict) and in streaming on the Olympic site (link https://www.coni.it/it/134th-ioc-session).
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