Sport: Malagò, exclusion of Russian athletes creates embarrassment

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(ANSA) – NORCIA (PERUGIA), MAY 05 – The major sporting events “we arrive with a dramatic situation, the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes still creates embarrassment and complications, but it is part of the sanctions that the IOC has deemed right to apply for not respecting the Olympic truce during the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics “. Thus the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, this morning in Norcia, commented on the world sports scenario that has arisen as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Arrived in the city of San Benedetto to participate in the conference “Sport for Valnerina”, Malagò, on the sidelines of the event, also had a thought for the Ukrainian athletes who “with their head and heart are focused on what is happening in the their country “, recalling how amateur sport has been completely eliminated in Ukraine.

Speaking of sport as an opportunity to relaunch the Valnerina area, hit more than five years ago by the earthquake, the president of Coni highlighted “the beauty of a territory known all over the world and always suited to sporting activities. If I had been a athlete – he underlined – I would have hoped to come to the training camp in these areas “. In the minutes preceding the conference, President Malagò was given a scarf from the “Roma club Norcia” by Alberto Allegrini. (HANDLE).

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