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THE 2023 PROJECT
To achieve our mission, the Committee will select each year one or more great Italian figures at the center of celebrations, commemorations and media interest.
For the 2023 - also in preparation for the next Olympic Games in Paris (2024) and the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (2026) - we have chosen to place the ITALIAN SPORTS CULTURE as a whole through a series of events and initiatives to promote and showcase Italy's rich sporting heritage and underscore the role of SPORTas a vehicle for intercultural exchange and the transmission of values.
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ITALIAN SPORTS CULTURE
The ITALIAN SPORT, therefore, invested with the role of "Ambassador” in the world and example of the beauty, commitment, sacrifice and hard work of a modern people and nation.
THE SLOGAN
the reference slogan that we believe is the right synthesis useful for spreading our sporting history beyond national borders will be:
"ITALIAN SPORTS LEGENDS"
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THE EVENT
Among our 140 LEGENDS of ITALIAN SPORT - included in the Italian "Walk of Fame" established by CONI in 2015 - we have chosen this year to celebrate our LEGENDS of ATHLETICS, considered the "Queen of Sports", which with 17 athletes it is the most represented sporting discipline in this special list of Champions.
from DORANDO PIETRI to PIETRO MENNEA
Among our 150 LEGENDS of ITALIAN SPORT we have chosen this year to celebrate our legends of ATHLETICS - which among the various sports disciplines is considered the "Queen of Sports" - and above all an extraordinary champion, Pietro MENNEA, the athlete who made Italy great with his unforgettable sporting feats. A choice also made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death and celebrate the world record over 200 meters in conjunction with the "Mennea Day" in Italy.
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ITALIAN SPORTS LEGENDS
(September 7-10, 2023)
As the first stage of this "travelling journey of promotion and memory" of the values, traditions and sporting history of Italy, the event
ITALIAN SPORTS LEGENDS
took place in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA