The goal is to be able to achieve “more gold than the 8 of Rio 2016”, also because the more victories will be, the greater the support for the anti-Covid vaccination campaign. To launch the spot in perspective is the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, on the occasion of the opening of Casa Italia in Tokyo 2020. Victories and vaccines: this is therefore the double mission of Italy in the torrid and deserted Japanese Olympics.
Awareness – An awareness campaign on the anti-Covid vaccine with videos of the athletes who will win the gold medal at the Olympics: this is the idea launched by the number one of Coni. All this is the result of an agreement with the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, after other Olympic committees had launched a similar campaign in their country to raise public awareness on the effectiveness of the vaccine. An extra incentive for the Italian athletes to try to go even further than Rio 2016. This is in fact the goal declared for some time by the number one of the Coni: “We must reach at least 30 medals, I hope with more than the 8 golds taken in Rio” , reiterated the head of Italian sport.
Quote 40 – Teased once again on projections that see Italy even beyond the threshold of 40 medals, even if ‘only’ with 8 golds. On the noblest color, it would be like equating Rio while Malagò dreams of going further: “41 medals, 8 of which are gold? On the 41 – Malagò replies ironically – it could be fine, but I would say that the important thing would still be to stay with the three in front … Of course, if we can leave a little bit on the other positions and increase some gold it would not be bad. We have to win more than 8 golds. We have to put a 3 in the overall medals ”.
Surprises – Tennis, golf, all disciplines that Malagò in the past mentioned among the possible surprises. But there is a medal that the number one in Italian sport would really dream of: “Volleyball has been chasing gold for 30 years. It is time to dispel this taboo ”, Malagò says he is convinced. Tomorrow the inauguration ceremony of the most tormented but also “unforgettable” Olympics in history: “The message is that the world cannot do without the Olympics – he says he is convinced – A type of showcase that no other world can afford. Even if nothing is easy or simplified: logistics, transport, protocols, apps… “. Even if, by now, the anticipated end word does not seem contemplated, contrary to what is evoked by a sentence of the Tokyo 2020 CEO, Toshiro Muto: “Suspension of the Olympics? I have no element to think that it could happen ”, Malagò commented.
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