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In Cortina the launch of the candidacy for what would be the second world championship in Piedmont: the decision of the FIS in May 2024.
Friday 19 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
After Cortina 2021 ... Sestriere 2029? It is the dream of blue skiing, officially presented today on the occasion of this very happy Friday for all the movement after the silver medal won by Luca De Aliprandini in the giant of Cortina.
One could return to Piedmont, 32 years after that 1997 magical world championship, for a strong candidacy that the FISI supported with great strength, as confirmed in the afternoon by the federal president Flavio Roda. "We are finishing a great World Cup in Cortina, an absolute success at the organizational level and this candidacy from Sestriere represents a common thread for a country that wants great events, with the 2029 World Cup that could follow the 2026 Olympics. All the cards are there. in good standing ”, added number 1 of via Piranesi, with the same Gianni Poncet, mayor of Sestriere, and Gianpietro Ghedina, mayor of Cortina, who“ baptized ”this candidacy.
In May 2024 the decision of the FIS, with Sestriere already returning to host the World Cup as in the occasion of the two women's competitions of last January 18-19 2020. "We have a burning wound, and it is that of the 2026 Winter Olympics - he declared Fabrizio Ricca, councilor for sport of the Piedmont Region - but we are a people who do not stop and look ahead. Piedmont is a land of sport and it has proved it.
Our mountains, with all due respect, have nothing to envy to those of the Veneto. A series of major events await us, we believe in sport as a vehicle to relaunch a territory that is suffering greatly from the 'current situation'.
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