The countdown has begun for the inauguration of the seventh CONI Trophy, the event that from 29 September to 2 October it will bring more than 3100 young athletes to Valdichiana Senese engaged in 45 sports, with technical staff and families. At the event, organized by CONI national and regional in collaboration with the Tuscany Region, the Union of Municipalities of the Valdichiana Senese e the tourist area of the Valdichiana Senese23 representative, regional and Italian communities from Switzerland and Canada, 35 Federations and 6 Associated Sports Disciplines will participate.
The CONI Trophy was presented on Wednesday 21 September, at the headquarters of the Regional Council, by the president of the Tuscany Region, by the president of the Union of Municipalities of the Valdichiana Senese, by the mayor of Montepulciano, which is the leading municipality of the tourism sector of the Valdichiana Senese. , by the regional president of CONI Toscana Simone Cardullo and by the coordinator of the CONI 2022 Trophy Clelia Merola Ricca.
Il president of the Regionin addition to highlighting how sport is also important as a training activity for young people, he was satisfied that it is Tuscany, in particular the Valdichiana Senese, to host the 7th CONI Trophy, the most important national sporting event at a youth level.
Il president of Coni Toscana, Simone Cardullothanked the Tuscany Region and the organizations with whose support it is possible to create the CONI Trophy, underlining how much the Valdichiana Senese is a territory capable, like few other realities, of combining sport, tourism and culture.
Clelia Merola Ricca, coordinator and supervisor of the Trophy, drew attention to the organizational aspect of the event, which will bring almost 4000 people to the sports facilities in the area, according to the needs set by the federations. The CONI Trophy will be a moment of socialization for the participants, who from all over Italy will find themselves living together in the days of the event.
Thanks to CONI for having chosen the territory of the Valdichiana Senese, the president of the Union of Municipalities he underlined the commitment of the individual municipalities, which are ready to host the event in the best possible way.
He joined the thanks to CONI and the Tuscany Region the mayor of Montepulciano, for this event that has found the full acceptance of the tourist area of the Valdichiana Senese. The CONI Trophy will sanction the post-Covid recovery and will represent a precious opportunity for growth for the territory, for the enhancement of the tourist destination, and, last but not least, for the transmission of the values of sport, highlighting the variety of the landscape, the organizational capacity of the community. and the world of associations. The sports associations will in fact be involved in the organization, taking care of the management of the sports facilities that will host the many disciplines on the program.
The opening ceremony, Thursday 29 September at 5:30 pm at the Maccari stadium in Chianciano Termewith the arrival of the representative teams it will kick off two days of competitions, scheduled at the sports facilities, stadiums, natural basins present in the Valdichiana Senese territory and in the Municipalities of Arezzo, Siena, Abbadia San Salvadore, Viareggio and Castiglione of the lake.
In particular, ketone it will host the disciplines agility dog, kickboxing, muay thay, weightlifting; Chianciano Terme (Communecapofila of the event) sport dance, boxing, corrinuota, shooting, Italian checkers, chess, triathlon, tennis; Closed judo, wrestling and karate, SUP, rowing, canoe / kayak, foil, sword and saber; San Casciano dei Bagniin the hamlet of Celle sul Rigo, the orienteering race; Sarteano table tennis, cycling, baseball; Montepulciano fin swimming, bowls and tennis; Sinalunga darts and tumbles, basketball, rugby, golf and tennis; Torrita of Siena pallatamburello indoor, taekwondo, hockey su prato e tennis; Trequanda instead, it will host a national conference on medicine in sport on Friday 30 September.
In addition, the calendar provides for the placement ad Abbadia San Salvatore multiple tetrathlon tests; to San Rocco a Pilli, in the Municipality of Sovicille, of figure skating; to Figline Valdarno badminton and handball matches; to Rignano sull’Arno football matches; to Laterina Pergine Valdarno skeet shooting; on Lake Massarosa, in the Municipality of Viareggio, of motorboat races; on Lake Trasimeno, a Castiglione del Lago, of sailing competitions; to Arezzoat the “Le Caselle” building, for rhythmic gymnastics exercises and at the Equestrian Center for equestrian specialties, at Siena of archery and sport climbing.
The closing ceremony, Saturday 1 October at 6:30 pm in the Acqua Santa Park of Chianciano Termewith the awarding of the winning Region of the CONI 2022 Trophy, the event will officially end.
For the CONI Trophy, the leaders of Italian sport will arrive in Valdichiana Senese, including the president of CONI Giovanni Malagòwho will participate in the opening ceremony.
The Sienese fencer will be present at the event Alice Volpi, this year gold medal in team foil at the World Championships in Cairo, individual bronze medal and team gold medal at the European Championships in Antalya, nominated ambassador of the CONI Trophy who will also comment on the fencing competitions scheduled in Chiusi on next day; the Olympic taekwondo champion in London 2012 Andrea Molfetta, as national representative of the blue athletes; finally, to the voice of the rugby player Dennis Dallan the performance of the national anthem will be entrusted.
The inaugural event and the highlights of the event will be broadcast on the platform https://tv.italiateam.sport/.
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