The vote
May 11, 2021 – 11:37 pm
Thursday in Milan the appointment of the president of Italian sport: the Tokyo Games threatened by Covid and the Winter Olympics to be organized in Milan-Cortina
of Alessandro Bocci
The appointment as important as it is symbolic: the elective assembly of Coni it will take place for the second time in history away from the Hall of Honor of Palazzo H, in front of the Tiber, in the heart of Rome. Giovanni Malag has chosen the Bonacossa Tennis club in Milan, the same location as 75 years ago. Then Giulio Onesti moved to free sport from the clutches of the parties. Malag also had to defend his kingdom from politics. Tomorrow, the day of judgment, we will start again from the Olympic city, Milan-Cortina 2026, and from the region that has suffered the most from the pandemic. Malag is applying for the third time. He had surprisingly won in 2013, while in 2017 his confirmation had had Bulgarian percentages. This time there are four to run even if one of the candidates, Franco Chimenti, is actually the first supporter of Malag. There is no history on paper. Malag favorite even if too shrewd to consider the game closed. The most credited challenger Renato Di Rocco, while the two-time Olympic champion Antonella Bellutti focuses on women and renewal. 74 voters, 38 quorum. The elective assembly, chaired by Franco Carraro, will be streamlined. Candidates, drawn by lot, must present the program in a time that will be decided by Carraro himself, but less than 10 minutes. Then the vote. For Malag, after the Milan-Cortina masterpiece, it would be the perfect closing of the circle. President in Tokyo, Beijing and Paris. Three more Olympics: a pleasure.
(Epa)
11 May 2021 | 23:37
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