Vezzali, ‘an innovative ceremony but I still prefer a parade in the stadium’** – Libero Quotidiano

2024-07-27 15:39:00

Rome, 27 July. (Adnkronos) – “I have experienced five Olympic Games and participated in all the opening ceremonies and being inside the Olympic stadium, walking with the head on the track, then being on the field with the athletes of the nations to all and from there watching the party. The ceremony yesterday is a great experience, with the aim of turning the gift to the future, to give a message of renewal, unfortunately it was raining and there were still difficulties , even if I continue you prefer the ceremony inside the stadium and therefore the tradition that existed until yesterday.” Valentina Vezzali, nine Olympic medalists including six gold medals in fencing and recently as deputy Secretary and Undersecretary of Sports in the Draghi Government, tells Adnkronos.

“Naturally – he says – it would be interesting to hear the opinion of the athletes who were parading on board the boats on the Seine and above all those who had experience of the two ceremonial models”. However, Vezzali prefers not to engage in the controversies that have arisen in some moments of the Olympic Games’ inaugural event. “The organizing committee wanted to focus on something different that could be criticized or not. I don’t judge the scene, the environment – he says again – I prefer to focus more on the meaning of the Olympic Games and better still with me and think about the context in which I held them great I received the ceremony inside the stadium.”