00:00It's a great satisfaction also because these games were definitely a bit of a gamble.
00:05to unite two locations for the first time, as you know, in the very name of the Olympic edition
00:11Milan and Cortina had never happened before and above all to unite territories so far away, almost 500 km
00:19It was certainly not a given that we could say that we would make it and that above all this organisation
00:27it would have received so much consensus and it actually happened like this, all the next editions
00:34Winter Olympic Games are taking some inspiration from this widespread, regionalised model
00:40Let's think about the French Alps which will go from Nice, the French Riviera to Haute-Savoie in 2030
00:46Lojuta itself in 2034, Switzerland is even considering a country candidacy in 2038
00:54and lastly New York and Lake Placid have stated in various newspapers that they are very clearly inspired by
01:02to the Milan-Cortina model for the 2042 edition, so we proudly exported
01:09a new way of playing games.
01:12We don't share any games that have been almost identical from this point of view?
01:17Absolutely yes, I want to say this also because they have allowed us to enhance the whole
01:21the sports facilities already present in all these locations, Valtellina, Val
01:26di Fiemma, Anterselva, as well as of course Milan-Cortina and without forgetting the Arena
01:32of Verona which hosted the closing ceremony in an excellent manner, almost as a seal of
01:39an Italian edition that wanted to celebrate the athletes in the largest Roman amphitheatre that
01:45we have available in northern Italy.
01:48So I would say that it also helped, if you like, to contain the construction of new plants
01:54except those strictly necessary because almost all were already present in the territory
01:59and had hosted many editions of European World Championships or related sporting events.
02:09Thank you.
