Today, the National Board opened its work by observing a minute of silence in memory of the three French athletes, the swimmer and Olympic champion Camille Muffat, the sailor Florence Arthoud and the boxer Alexis Vastine (bronze medal in Beijing 2008), who died last night in a plane crash in Argentina.

Before the meeting, President Malagò contacted the President of the French Olympic Committee, Denis Masseglia, and expressed his deep sorrow for the tragedy that struck France, expressing the solidarity of the Italian sports movement to the French sporting world. President Malago has described the incident as “a real tragedy”.