While waiting to see how the mess of the distribution of tests of the Olympic candidacy of Aragon and Catalonia is resolved on Monday, this Friday the campaign for the ‘yes’ in the Catalan consultation, another open front of the Generalitat. The Catalan Winter Sports Federation (FCEH) has set up an event at the Llotja de Mar in Barcelona to present the initiative ‘Sportsmen say yes’.
“To this day we have been listening to the ‘no’. The arguments of Stop Olympic Games” class=”link copy”>Stop Olympics they are legal, but they have nothing to do with the Olympics. We are talking about sports here and that is what should move us, ”he said David Sampertemporary president of the federation while Mònica Bosch is the coordinator of the Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 candidacy. Samper has read the manifesto, which already has 650 adhesionsand what stands out the sporting, social and economic impact what it would have and the improvement it would mean for the Pyrenees connectivity. “We want these Games, we don’t want any doubts or any kind of conflict,” said the federal official.
Conflicts have been a constant since Pere Aragonès sent the official letter to the COE in July to aspire to the 2030 Winter Games, following Barcelona’s resignations in 2022 and 2026. Aragón, which withdrew from the technical agreement for the distribution of tests, will present on Monday at the COE headquarters, its counter-offer, which the COE, the Generalitat and the Spanish Government categorize as a “proposal presented, debated and agreed by the Technical Commission”.
Mirambell, visible face
Although Kilian Jornet is one of the visible faces of Stop Olympics, Ander Mirambell, a Spanish flag bearer at the last Beijing Games, has taken part in the ‘yes’ event. “It’s not the salvation of the Pyrenees, but it is an opportunity,” he said gerard sabarich, mayor of Rialp, before pointing out that they feel “discriminated” because “sometimes it feels like there are two Catalonia”. Voting in Catalonia will take place on July 24 i there will be two appointments with the ballot boxes: one a the High Pyrenees and Aranwhere the tests would take place, and another in the Berguedà, Solsonès and Ripollès.
Message to Lambán
Samper has admitted that he would have preferred no consultation, but that he is not “afraid” and is convinced that he will win “comfortably”. Yes, he did call Javier Lamban, Aragonese president, and the COE to align all in the same direction, because if he wins the ‘no’ in the High Pyrenees and Aran “there will be no Games in Catalonia or Aragon.” “I would tell Lambán to listen to the technicians. If you listen to them, there will be an agreement on Monday and it will go very well “, the president of the FCEH emphasized.
