CHIETI. The journey of “Chieti European city of sport” officially begins. Yesterday, after last week’s preparatory meeting, the committee chaired by the Sports councilor was formed Manuel Pantalonewhich includes the mayor among its members Diego Ferrara as an honorary member and the gymnastics champion Fabrizia D’Ottavio as godmother. They are also part of it Massimiliano Milozzi representing the provincial CONI, Silvano Seca of the Italian Handball Federation (Figh), Domenico Scognamiglio for Sports and health, Mimmo Buracchio for the CSI. The inaugural event is expected in mid-September, with the participation of Vincenzo Lupattelli, president of the Italian delegation of Aces Europe which awards the recognition. The national president of CONI is expected at the event, which will be hosted in the PalaSantaFilomena Giovanni Malagòto which the official invitation will be forwarded in the next few days.
The next formal act to sanction the constitution of the committee, also from a bureaucratic point of view, will be the managerial decision that approves the outline of the deed of incorporation and the subsequent filing with the Revenue Agency. Then we start, with the September ceremony but also with a couple of important events which, between June and July, represent a sort of “aperitif” of the rich calendar that will continue until December 2025. On 14 June, in fact, Chieti hosts the Libertas national figure skating championships, while on 7 July there will be the “White Night of Sport” organized with CONI and Sport and Health.
In the meantime, the “awareness” work of the various sports federations present in the area continues to propose events to be scheduled. This is a task that CONI will take on in particular. Sport and health will be concerned with events that promote sport as a vehicle for social inclusion and health prevention; FIGH will take care of the major events at the federal technical center in Santa Filomena; the Csi will look above all to associations and young people with thematic initiatives. The aim is to include at least one highly attractive event per month in the calendar: among these there are already the qualifiers for the Women’s Handball World Championships, the return of Fightclubbing with fights between international level athletes, the series A and B rhythmic gymnastics competitions which have already been hosted in Chieti in recent months.
«2025 will be a special year for Chieti and Abruzzo», assures councilor Pantalone, «made up of sports, events and thematic conferences, so that the city of Chieti can exploit all the potential that derives from this extraordinary opportunity».
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