The president of Rome met Mattarella, cones and institutions. Today it is in Milan one year after the Via dei Games Olympic Winter Games of 2026
Those of Thomas Bach in Italy are intense days. All lived to a thousand, probably because from March 20 onwards – the date of the election of his successor – everything will be different. And then the president of the IOC, in Rome on Sunday evening, organized chain appointments, until tomorrow’s great event at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler in Milan for “One Year to Go”, the party one year after the opening of the winter games of Milan-Cortina. After Monday’s participation in the world summit on the rights of children in the Vatican, yesterday this 71 -year -old German who always shows a huge desire to do (and do well) was not stopped for a moment. First stop, Quirinale where, accompanied by the number one of the Coni Giovanni Malagò, he was received at the private hearing by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella: “I wanted to thank him personally because he was always on the side of the Olympic movement and at my side from the beginning from the beginning of the mandate, even in a series of geopolitical and political issues.
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Second stop, Olympic preparation center Giulio Onesti, with aquacenty. Here – with Malagò to make the honors of the house – he first went to the Institute of Medicine and Science of Sports of the Coni – where he greeted some athletes including Lorenzo Simonelli, Chiara Mormile and the bronze of Paris 2024 in the Taekwondo Simone Alessio – e Then to the sporting high school inside the center, passing by class in class. Arriving at the Lounge, Bach was welcomed by the Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti. Together they participated in a rather crowded lunch in which the leaders of the Coni and Milan-Cortina were mainly present, because in the end the president of the IOC is here for this. So what did Thomas Bach of the 2026 games understand in these first Italian days? “The last tour is always one of the most difficult. There is a lot of work to do but the organizing committee is doing very well and I trust that the government will also do its part. If everything will proceed for the best, I think the Italians and Italy will be very proud, it will be a brilliant Olympics.
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In the afternoon he spent it at Coni, where he met the leaders of Italian sport: “The reason I am here is to say: ‘Thanks Italy’. I have to thank the Olympic community and the institutions, my affection for Italy comes from Very far away, I spent a lot of time here, moments that I will never forget. ” A speech from the closing of an era (he has been driving the IOC since 2013), he was also part of Giovanni Malagò, who is also a member of. But on the issue Mandati Bach takes a step back: “I have no opinion, this is a question that concerns Italian legislation. There are ongoing discussions, as we will not interfere”. The president of Coni did not expect anything different (“it is sacrosanct that he does not express himself”), but he something more on the theme says: “I am optimistic and also fatalist”. Today Bach’s institutional appointments will continue this morning with the meeting with the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara. Someone says he will also see Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (but Palazzo Chigi does not confirm). Only for Milan-Cortina or will the name of Malagò also be done?
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