Francesco Totti and Bebe Vio are the new Ambassadors of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The Italian world champion and former Giallorossi captain and the Paralympic fencing champion were presented today at the Coni Hall of Honor on the occasion of the celebration of the second year from the assignment of the Winter Games to Italy, which took place on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne. Federica Pellegrini, Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni already appear in the same Olympic stable.
“I would have liked to have participated in an Olympics,” Totti said at the presentation. “Unfortunately there were stronger players …”. Then, becoming serious, the former Giallorossi flag added: «Respect for others is a basic value and is the basis of Olympic values. The Winter Olympics? I must say that I had the pleasure of having a skiing holiday in Cortina after retiring from football. I discovered that it is really nice to ski ».