Giovanni Malagò leaves Coni: controversy and uncertain future for Milano Cortina

In short, end of broadcasts. Let's pretend that it's not a nice story, however you look at it. As two predecessors of the charming Giovanni at the helm of Coni, the eternal Pescante and Carraro, have implicitly implied.

The outburst. Yesterday in Rome, on the sidelines of a council meeting that paid him a warm tribute, the…resigned Malagò went heavy. Read, please.

"Our accounts are ok, we brought the Olympics, the competitive results were extraordinary and we have international prestige. But we have arrived at today and I must acknowledge that it is not right to have an extra mandate to complete that path that began when Italy was in a bad state and after having rebuilt our credibility. I was told that an exception could not be made because there is a law. Now, I bow to the law, but it must always remain such. Instead, in recent years it has been changed twice, in reference to other realities. I want to add that we as Coni do the facts, we do not write the laws, those are made by politics. Well, our results were not enough, we brought the Olympics, we started from the ashes, we have the accounts in order and we have rebuilt with consensus. The law that applies to me, I repeat, has been modified twice, first on the mandates of the federal presidents and then for the national councilors of the territorial entities. My request to make an exception was public, reiterated, and they told me that 'there is a law'. However, I say that it is not right. I did not want to take an extra mandate, I wanted to complete a journey".

Who? Candidates for the succession are still open. The outgoing president has made it clear that he will take a position only when the list of possible candidates is complete. From what has emerged so far, Malagò seems intent on supporting the former foil fencer Diana Bianchedi. Who dreams of becoming the first woman at the top of CONI.

The torch. After having ruled out his future as a top manager of Roma ("It's a nice fantasy, I support the Giallorossi but it doesn't exist") and having hinted at the possible consequences of his farewell regarding the Milan Cortina Games (he has a fundamental role in the structure called to govern the event), Malagò officially presented the design of the Olympic torch. He will be the one to collect it on November 26 in Olimpia. The flame will be welcomed at the Quirinale on December 4 by President Mattarella and on December 6 it will depart from the Stadio dei Marmi named after Pietro Mennea to cross the Bel Paese, passing through 64 Italian provinces, up to San Siro, where the inaugural ceremony will be held on February 6.