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Milan for cross-country skiers: in the heart of CityLife the event organized by Cancer Primo Aid

A great news for the Italian sprint championships scheduled for January 2021 in a decidedly particular context. Prelude to the World Cup and the Olympics.

Wednesday 27 May 2020 6 minutes reading time

In fact, the heart of Milan, in the shadow of the CityLife skyscrapers, will host the tricolor cross-country skiing for the sprint category. The appointment with the individual and team test is scheduled for the second half of next January, thanks to the promotion of the Cancer Primo Aid association through its sports "arm" Oltre CPA ", for a unique event that will give the opportunity even the Milanese to try their hand on narrow skis in the following days. The announcement was made today by the CityLife gardens in Milan, where the protagonists of the initiative have gathered to take stock of the project. In addition to the promoters there were representatives of CityLife, the FISI technicians and the Councilors for Sport of the Lombardy Region, Martina Cambiaghi, and the Municipality of Milan, Roberta Guaineri. "Next January we will organize the absolute Italian cross-country sprint championships in Milan, in the splendid setting of CityLife - assured Omar Galli, team manager of Oltre CPA - We have been working on this project for several months and today we can announce that we have received the ok also from the FISI. In the shadow of the skyscrapers we will create a ring of about 350 meters completely covered in snow, flanked by stands for spectators. The track will then be made available to schoolchildren and citizens to be able to try their hand on skis in the days following the race, as long as the snow lasts ”. And speaking of snow, "its production will be without the use of any chemical additive - assured Galli - We have already optioned the machines with advanced technologies that will produce it on site and therefore there will not be even the '' pollution that would have occurred in the case of snow transport. The environmental impact will be really reduced to a minimum ". And no one has hidden that it could be the prelude to hosting a World Cup race from the following season, naturally on a wider route, and in any case a demonstration of the Lombard capabilities in view of the 2026 Olympics. "For Cancer First Aid will be a '' unmissable opportunity to give visibility to the many initiatives that we carry out in favor of the sick - explained Flavio Ferrari, managing director of the non-profit organization - By combining sport and solidarity we are able to talk about this problem and at the same time to financially support our projects ". The leaders of the Region and Municipality present were clearly satisfied. "I am happy that finally we will return to talk about great events for Lombardy - said the Lombardy Region Councilor for Sport, Martina Cambiaghi - There is a desire to return to the track in every sense and we will be happy to support this event . I promise as of now that I will be among the forerunners of the event ". Promise accepted also by the colleague of the Municipality of Milan, the Councilor for Sport Roberta Guaineri: “I thank the organizers - he argued - and I say that Milan has always had a vocation for big events like this. It would be an excellent restart for the city, right here in CityLife, which is becoming a part of the city devoted to sport. Furthermore, I like to underline how individual citizens who wish to do so can benefit from this initiative by putting on a pair of skis ".

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