Time.news – Sport in Italy in terms of the public present in the plants has found a starting point: the green light for at least 25% of the capacity of the Olympic Stadium in Rome for the European football championships. The possibility of admitting a limited number to attend Serie A is already on the table.
For the Undersecretary for Sport Valentina Vezzali, the next ‘jabs’ to be scored in her tradition as a winning athlete will not be easy. In the coming weeks, pandemic numbers of Covid permitting, there will be from give answers to the world that experiences sport, that is the public that thrills to return to animate stadiums, arenas and outdoor facilities. Italy is a country with a high vocation and sporting passion that historically gave organizational reliability. The most striking example is the assignment of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games. The international federations are aware of Italian skills, they treasure it and, as far as possible, are inclined to assign events of a certain thickness.
In 2021, the year that will be characterized by the first postponed Olympics in history, that of Tokyo 2020 (23 July-8 August), at least twenty events of international importance will take place in Italy. Events that are awaiting light on the presence of the public. The concept of ‘bubbles anti-Covid ‘ it’s working, athletes and staff on one side, organization on the other and journalists on the other. The common denominator for all is swabs upon swabs, every two to three days, and strict protocols.
A in May there will be the Giro d’Italia. The Corsa Rosa that this year will accomplish 104 anni is, after the world of football, the most popular event in Italy. For three weeks sport, culture, traditions and people of the various Italian regions come together in an event that goes beyond long escapes, thrilling sprints or perhaps solitary rides up and down the Alpine passes. For the moment, the stands for spectators at the arrivals of the individual stages are not included. More possible, also because it is difficult to limit, the presence along the roads.
The day after the start of the Giro, that is on 9 May, away to the International of Italy of tennis but, to date, on the stands of the Foro Italico facilities there will hardly be spectators. The Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri he prefers to remain cautious about the presence of the public in the stands of the ‘Centrale’ and the other fields (“May 9 is early”, he told ‘A sheep’s day’).
In the second weekend of May at the Canoa stadium in Ivrea the European Canoe Slalom Championships which will also be an Olympic qualifying stage on the way to Tokyo 2020. At the end of May, the people of two wheels are ready to crowd – a concept for the moment actually no longer possible – the stands of either corner of the Mugello circuit. Both events which, at the moment, do not foresee the opening of the gates to the public.
June will be the month of football, athletics and Nations Volleyball League. With at least 25% of the capacity of the Olimpico (about 16-18 thousand people will be admitted) which will host the three matches of Italy (11 against Turkey, 16 against Switzerland, 20 against Wales), on June 10 the stars of athletics will enliven the stadium ‘Ridolfi’ from Florence but they can only be applauded by insiders.
No spectators are yet contemplated Nations League on Volley male and female assigned to the Adriatic Riviera, specifically to the city of Rimini. The locality of Romagna from May 25 to June 27 will see 32 national teams involved, of which 16 for women and 16 for men. The 248 games will be behind closed doors.
At the end of June, less than a month before the Tokyo Olympics, Friuli Venezia-Giulia and the city of Trieste will host the softball European Championships. For the blue it will be an important test in view of the Olympic tournament. In early July, from 2 to 11, the women’s Giro d’Italia is scheduled.
In the second part of the season Italy will host other international events that have always attracted many spectators and, being further away, there is hope that they will be able to have the presence of the public. This is the Mountain Bike World Championship at the end of August (25-29) in Val di Sole in Trentino, an area where tourism is very strong in this period. Less than two weeks later the city of Trento will be home to the European road cycling championship. Turin, Avigliana and Settimo Torinese from 11 to 19 September will form the European capital of baseball. The matches valid for the European Championship will be played on the diamonds of Piedmont.
Sunday On 12 September another event that attracts thousands of people is on the agenda: the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monza. Before the big winter, the last prestigious sporting event of the year 2021 in Italy will be the final of the ATP Tour al Pala Alpitour of Turin from 14 to 21 November.
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