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The January 26, 1956, with the ceremony d & rsquo; opening took place at the Ice Stadium departed officially inaugurated by the President of the Republic Giovanni Gronchi, the seventh Winter Olympic Games, those of Cortina d & rsquo; Ampezzo, the first ever in the Italian territory.
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Here our story of Cortina in 1956!
Among the torchbearers the legendary Col Zeno & ograve ;, l & rsquo; he was the last skater Guido Caroli, skater tripped & ograve; and it fell on cable television (by the way, was the first time that the Games were broadcast live through RAI), but he managed & Igrave; miraculously keep the flame lit and to turn on the tripod. Another historical fact, the oath of the athletes was pronounced for the first time by a woman, Giuliana Minuzzo, married Chenal, bronze in downhill and giant four years ago after four years.
Both Caroli Minuzzo that will be there to recall that splendid edition of the Games which contribu & Igrave; brought increased & rsquo; Italy from the brink of World War II: the costs were substantial but not comparable to the Pharaonic editions of recent years, even in winter: just think that the races are more & ugrave; than quadrupled since then & hellip; those were the days when the Olympics were an important showcase for the country that was home and certainly not the bloodbaths cost of day d & rsquo; today.
Agonistically were the Olympics Toni Sailer, the & rsquo; Austrian Kitzb & uuml; hel who won all three gold medals of Alpine skiing men, and the debut at the Winter Games of & rsquo; Soviet Union, which swept to victory once the medals with 7 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronzes, lookouts absolute speed skater & agrave; Evgeny Grisghin and the squadron of & rsquo; ice hockey. All the bobsled medals of & rsquo; Italy: in the two-man bobsleigh Lamberto Dalla Costa and Eugenio Monti were gold and silver, quest & rsquo; he repeated it last & eacute; winning the same metal in the four-man bob.
Yesterday morning & egrave; held in the offices of the Municipality of Cortina the first working meeting for the nomination at the World Alpine Ski 2021. It was attended by the parties founders of the Foundation, chaired by Riccardo Donadon: the Municipality of Cortina, in the person of Mayor Andrea Franceschi, the Province of Belluno, in the person of Roberto Padrin, the Veneto Region, in the person dell''assessore Cristiano Corazzari, the Government, in the person of Secretary Luca Lotti (represented dall''on. Roger De Menech), CONI, in the person of President John Malag & ograve; (With Secretary Roberto Fabbricini and the deputy Carlo Mornati), FISI, with President Flavio Roda, and other local institutions.
& Egrave; It was founded to address the Council and subsequently the Executive Committee of Management consisting of Richard Donadon, Carlo Mornati, Alberto Ghezze, and & egrave; He was identified the 'lawyer Paul Nicoletti for a future operational role. & Egrave; It has been called the Board of Auditors and have been identified the main office of the Committee, in Cortina, and a representative in Venice. & Egrave; It has been decided to schedule short meetings with the nationality of Cortina and with local communities to involve dell''intera & agrave; Ampezzo. It & egrave; It decided to adopt a code of ethics that will have & agrave; It is respected by all involved in various capacities.
"I am convinced that the World Cup Alpine Ski in 2021 represent a great opportunity & agrave; of visibility & agrave; International Cortina - said President Donadon -. We want to make this event unique and & Outdoors; vanguard also in terms of technology and innovation, thus giving & Igrave; the possibilities & agrave; Cortina to succeed and stand out in its sporting dimension, and not just to be the & lsquo; Pearl of the Dolomites & rsquo ;. Our roadmap approach towards the year 2021 will see & agrave; an immediate comparison with the citizenry and the involvement of many young people , in fact we want to be among the protagonists of their & rsquo; organization and realization of the event and we hope to be maybe even the champions of tomorrow. & rdquo;
"Wrangle a World in a CITY Olympic as Cortina has definitely added value for the whole movement international ski - added the President of FISI Roda -. I want to thank all those who have worked for the previous applications: work already & agrave; done & egrave ; precious and 'heritage & agrave; we leave & egrave; the base of the success of this adventure. "
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