MILAN (ITALPRESS) – The Paralympic flame has arrived in Piazza Duomo for the lighting of the brazier on the occasion of the passage of the torch in Milan on his journey to the opening ceremony scheduled next March 6 in Verona that will mark the official start of the games Paralympics Milan-Cortina. Present in Piazza Duomo for the arrival of the flame the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, and the president of Regione Lombardia Attilio Fontana. In detail, Milan will host Para ice hockey competitions at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
“They were the most beautiful winter Olympic Games ever and I’m sure they will be the most beautiful winter Paralympic Games ever. For Milan, it also means 80 million investment, to make the three most dated lines of the metro fully accessible,” said the city Councillor for sport, tourism and youth policies Martina Riva. “In this, the Paralympics were an accelerator for something Milan had committed to. But above all, it will be an opportunity to spread a culture of sport as a right for all and all, in the sign of the Olympic values,” he added.
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