TRENTO. Once the doors of the Trento Expo complex were opened, in via Briamasco 2, it was immediately attacked. Because in order to access the bill that contains all the professionals, the 1,000 or more athletes, the accompanying persons and the press from the Old Continent that converged in Trento, one must be accredited.
And to get accredited and access the offices located in the complex that usually hosts the exhibitions organized by the Apt and the Municipality, the Green pass is not enough but the rapid antigen search test Sars-CoV2 / Covid-19 must be carried out).
So the courteous but inflexible security officers block those arriving and sort them first under the dome where the Red Cross station has been set up, which carries out the first screening, then also on the second station in the side slide, set up to speed up registration operations.
Given that, in any case, those who had to register for the Championships could do so only and exclusively online in the last few weeks. Here diligent nurses of the Red Cross check the Green Pass, enter the data, the email address and the telephone number and issue a sticker which will then be glued to the response of the quick test.
You then enter a tent where three health workers physically carry out the test, then you go out and wait patiently for the response. Once obtained, the coupon obtained previously is glued onto this and with the “paper” in hand, you enter the large pavilion of Trento Expo.
In the background, on the left, the accreditation office. To “govern” it, five Trentino boys, all high school students, four from Prati and one from the Scientific, all will attend the 5th grade with attached maturity, which months ago had offered their willingness to lend their work on this truly unique occasion for Trento .
With great courtesy and speed they check the data and then safely extract the much-needed steps from the container. With that then, finally, we approach the next room where, an employee of the UCI, delivers the numbered bib that distinguishes the photographers who can access the race course and in the finish area.
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A deposit is paid which will be returned at the end of the event, upon return of the bib itself. Failure to return it would probably blacklist a violator for future events.
On the side, the press room with two huge TV screens where journalists will be able to follow the tests that will begin on Wednesday with the three time trials from the Albere district.
With the negative response of the quick test, the steps and the bib you can start towards the exit. The wait is now only for the start of the races.