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First the interview of the Olympic short track champion at "Corriere della Sera", then the replica of the federation led by Andrea Gios. "We do not want to further fuel this controversy."
Wednesday 2 March 2022 3 minutes reading time
A clash far from resolved, indeed. The positions do not change, between Arianna Fontana and the FISG, even after the triumphal Olympics of the blue short track.
The Valtellina champion has increased the dose, in the interview published yesterday by Corriere della Sera, giving the names and surnames of those with whom she has lived for years in an environment that she has defined as toxic and in which she has no intention of staying for the next few 4 years, those that would lead her to the great dream of Milan-Cortina 2026, for the assault on medals in the sixth consecutive edition of the Games, twenty years after Turin 2006.
By return of post, the reply of the Italian Ice Sports Federation, led by President Andrea Gios, arrived: "Regarding the declarations of the athlete Arianna Fontana, collected and published in Corriere della Sera, the Italian Ice Sports Federation has not shares neither the form nor the substance of these utterances and intends to reiterate and emphasize the support and trust in their athletes and coaches subject to the accusations made by Fontana in the press - reads the note from the FISG - The federal position regarding the '' the whole story has already been clearly expressed at the press conference of President Gios last February 18 and there is no intention to further fuel a controversy that harms the parties concerned as well as the entire movement.
Any other consideration will be reported in due time in the appropriate places and fora. All the efforts by President Gios and the FISG are today aimed at the search - with the utmost commitment and maximum openness - for a solution that guarantees the unity of the National team so as to safeguard the continuity of a working group that in these years it has achieved extraordinary results ".
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