UniversiadeThe Universiade 2013
Daniele Mosna
Today at 18, you are open ventiseiesime Trentino Winter Universiade 2013. Following the release of'' Press.
Wednesday 11 December 2013 9 minutes reading time
Tradition and innovation - in a mix of historical claims and with an eye to the future - have characterized the'' opening ceremony of the XXVI Winter Universiade 2013, which at 18 today officially opened the'' awaited international event that drew in Trentino more than 3000 athletes from 61 different nations.
A combination of performance between past and present, with notes of'' Aida echoed in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and sung by 50 young singers from Trentino, before the'' power'' s innovative LED tripod - the first ever totally ecological - hoisted on the Civic Tower in Piazza Duomo in Trento, structure'' s eleventh century overlooking the square. All this,'' in the year in which falls the 450th anniversary of the closing of the Council of Trent, an event that marked the history of the Catholic Church and which was celebrated in'' adjacent cathedral.
Opening the ceremony was the show of screenings and music by Klaus Obermaier, choreographer of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in Trento thanks to this cooperation agreement'' between the IUAV of Venice'' and the University of Trento. A striking opening that preceded the entry of the Italian flag'' to the tune of'' Aida by Giuseppe Verdi,'' in the year in which falls the 200th anniversary of his birth. The anniversary was celebrated'' from'' execution of 50 young people aged between 18 and 25 years representing sixteen choral Trentino, followed by the parade of delegations from around the world, accompanied by some appearing disguised as "Ciusi and Gobi "in a reenactment of a medieval dispute between Trentino and felts which is celebrated every year in Trento, June 26 at the Festival of San Vigilio.
After that, it was the turn of the official speeches of the President of the Organizing Committee Sergio Anesi, the President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Ugo Rossi and the President of Fisu Claude-Louis Gallien, who declared officially open the XXVI Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 before the oaths of athletes and judges, pronounced by Deborah Sighel (Italian athlete's speed skating) and William Bosca.
"Accepting the invitation of Fisu to take over running an'' other nation - said Anesi - the organizing committee formed by the Autonomous Province of Trento, University of Trento, Cusi and Municipality of Trent, has agreed to organize a complex event in a little over a year, knowing that they can count on two characteristics that have made the province of Trentino in Italy closer to the world of sport: the extensive equipment of sports facilities and especially the large capacity , organizational assured by many local committees and the thousands of volunteers. "
"We have more strengths that make us say with pride that they are ready to accept this fascinating competition - said the President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Ugo Rossi - The human factor, defined as energy, skills and enthusiasm, and infrastructure, from Sanbapolis, the headquarters of the event'', and finally, the real secret of the Trentino region, ie the'' special autonomy, which is the school of responsibility and values ​​the hard work of our'' people. "
Before opening the XXVI 2013 Winter Universiade, the president of Fisu Gallien focused on the slogan'' s event "Inspired by U", "inspired by you". "You understood as students, athletes, volunteers, coaches, judges, spectators - said Gallien - you professors, researchers and students of the University of Trento innovative, you people of the Autonomous Province of Trento is committed to turn this event into an unforgettable moment. "
Then came the highlight of the ceremony, or the'' entrance of the torch "gentian of the Alps", carried by six torchbearers inPiazza Duomo'' s elite or Olympic champions Franco Nones (30 km of cross-country skiing in Grenoble 1968), Giorgio Vanzetta (cross-country skiing relay at the 1994 Lillehammer bottom), Matteo Anesi (team pursuit speed skating at the Turin 2006) and Cristian Zorzi (the relay cross-country skiing at the Turin 2006), also accompanied by the'' gold medal in the downhill at the Universiade in Belluno in 1985 by Igor Cigolla and Gianluca Grigoletto skier, finished on the podium at the Universiade in Jaca 1995.
After alternating the last stretch of the long Torch Relay, taken by Rome on 6 November with the lighting by Pope Francis, the six samples from Trentino marched together, arranging themselves in a triangle at the foot of the Civic Tower, from where'' Olympic Grenoble Franco Nones turned on the tripod, with a beam of light that rose to the top of the tower and lit the brazier, the first ever LED and thus with zero emissions, in the name of an event intended to leave its mark in terms of sustainability.
The new that meets the past,'' innovation meets tradition, the young athletes of the Universiade 2013 in Trentino encounter the history of Trentino, ready to turn to write an important page.
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