8 hours agoItaly risks being expelled by Tokyo Olympic players
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Italy is to be expelled from the Tokyo Olympics. This is the CIO (The International Olympic Committee) decision, expected to be formalised Wednesday at 17:30. Unless the law that solves CON's autonomy (The Italian National Committee) is decreed, Italy will make a truly bad figure. Sportsmen like Federica Pellegrin or Gregory [...]
Sportsmen like Federica Pellegrini or Gregoria Paltriniiri, as well as two, will be able to compete in the largest sports season of the year as independent, not with the sign of a state (without a flag and a hymn), as happened to the Belarus of Luqalenko or Russia, which was involved in the doping scandal.
It would be a ridiculous figure of the country beyond the Adriatic, even in the view of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which means CIO financing in Italy will be cut off.
In a word, the situation is very delicate and only the Italian government can unlock “extemis”, as Lozana has made it clear: there is a decision about the expulsion of Italy from the Olympics.
It's an unprecedented political case, since the decree on granting CON autonomy is ready, but it's just left to be approved.
