ROME, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ The opening whistle has blown for the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award. This morning, the Salone d'Onore at CONI (the Italian National Olympic Committee) in Rome hosted a press conference announcing the celebration dedicated to the values of sporting ethics. The Fair Play Menarini Foundation, which organises the prestigious recognition, revealed the winners and details of this year's programme. The Award, which began in 1997, will see outstanding personalities - in terms of sporting achievements and capacity to act as ambassadors of the essential principles of "fair play" - gathering in Florence and Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo). With fifteen categories and sixteen winners, the XXVI Fair Play Menarini International Award brings together exceptional stars of water sports from around the globe, particularly swimming and diving from "la Divina", Federica Pellegrini, to Australian "race of the century" phe
Italian President Sergio Mattarella welcomed the country's Beijing
2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games medallists at the Quirinale
Palace in Rome in a congratulatory ceremony.
just words, but i will be honest, if not for my daughter and my family, i would be there. with this situation, if i have this opportunity to ask for my country, for the people who are surviving over there, if you can donate something, i would be really appreciative. great britain s neil simpson put in the performance of his life to clinch paralympic gold in the men s visually impaired super g event in beijing. the 19 year old scot, guided by brother andrew, is only gb s third ever winter games gold medallist, after kelly gallagher in 2014 and menna fitzpatrick in 2018. the siblings finished 0.40 seconds clear of italy s giacomo bertagnolli. it was the second medal of the day for britain after menna fitzpatrick and gary smith took silver in the women s race. fitzpatrick has had a challenging build up to the games, recovering from a broken leg and losing her guide, who tested positive for covid. that is all the sport from us for
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