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President Mattarella welcomes a Milano Cortina 2026 delegation: “Hosting the Games is an act of courage and success”

AT THE QUIRINALE
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President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella welcomed at the Quirinal Palace a delegation from the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, led by President Giovanni Malagò and Chief Executive Officer Andrea Varnier, and comprising the Board of Directors, the Foundation’s founding members, and representatives of the municipalities of Milan and Cortina, the Lombardy Region, the Veneto Region, the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.

Also in attendance were the President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Luciano Buonfiglio, and the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP), Marco Giunio De Sanctis.

Following the addresses by President Malagò and the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, President Mattarella delivered his remarks to those present.

“I would like to underline the importance of both events, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to thank the Foundation and all those who, in their various roles and responsibilities, have contributed to this journey. Launching such a project was an act of courage and vision, which has proved to be a concrete and operational path, delivering the success we see today. It was an act of courage because these two events bring prestige to our country and place it at the very centre of the world’s sporting attention”.

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