Giovanni Malagò, president of Coni, was nominated a Knight of the Grand Cross by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
The ceremony for the delivery of the highest honor took place at the quirinale before the one with the passage of the tricolor flag, in view of the Beijing 2022 Games, to Sofia Goggia and Giacomo Bertagnolli.
The merit was also attributed to the president of the Italian Paralympic Committee, Luca Pancalli.
Malagò underlined his "great honor for having been awarded the highest honor of the Presidency of the Republic, an honor that I share with my beloved world. Proud of sport, proud of being Italian".
(Unioneonline / ss)