Cortina d'Ampezzo candidate to host the World Alpine Ski Championships 2017

The Queen of the Dolomites so he tries again for the third time, after the failed attempts of 2013 and 2015 for which she had been beaten by Schladming and Beaver Creek. Cortina d'Ampezzo will face this year with the famous Swiss resort of St. Moritz and Sweden's Are. The third winner will be proclaimed at the end of May in Korea and will have the honor and the burden of organizing the World Alpine Ski Championships in 2017.

The hope is that the presence of Alberto Tomba luck with the application of the town of Belluno. "I was also ambassador for the Winter Olympics in Turin and it went well: look in May, making predictions because the first is never mentioned, but ... while the first round it went wrong, but I'm here to try to lend a hand in the second, hoping to celebrate in May, because Cortina deserves this opportunity. And not just because, recalling the experience, it is thanks to the sacrifices that I did there as a child I was able to emerge. "

"Cortina is the first Olympic city of our country: that is where the first Olympics took place in Italian territory - said Raffaele Pagnozzi, secretary general of Coni, speaking by telephone -. We are confident that with the ' support of the Region, with President Zaia, and the city of Cortina with Mayor Franceschi, things will be for the better. " In addition to the support the institution's application for city boasts a high quality Executive Board, chaired by Gianni Zonin, president of Banca Popolare di Vicenza and entrepreneur world of wine, and of which to date include: Luigi Abete, Innocenzo Cipolletta, Ennio Doris, Mastropasqua Antonio, Andrea Monorchio, Gianfranco Zoppas.