Among the athletes present were Leading Aircraftwoman Francesca Lollobrigida and Leading Aircraftman Amos Mosaner of the Air Force Sports Centre.
It President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella received Tuesday 5 April At the Quirinal Palace, Olympic and Paralympic medal winners and a representation of Italian athletes who participated in the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.
The President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malagò, the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee, Luca Pancalli, and the Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Valentina Vezzali, were present.
It President Mattarella, after presenting the athletes with a commemorative medal, addressed the attendees. During his speech, the President He congratulated all the Italian athletes., also thanking Select Chief Airman Francesca Lollobrigida, winner of two Olympic medals and Italy's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and Airman Chief Amos Mosaner – not present at the ceremony as he was busy with the World Curling Championships at the time – who, partnered with Stefania Costantini of Fiamme Oro, achieved a “Extraordinary victory – unexpected – in a discipline not very popular or widely practised“.
The meeting was attended by CIO executivesInternational Olympic Committee, of CONI and CIP, I Federal Presidents, I Technical commissioners of the medal-winning disciplines and the Heads of the Armed Forces and State Corps representing their respective sports clubs.
At the end of the event, the Olympic and Paralympic anthems were played.
