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“Obiettivo Tricolore”: Giusy Versace kicks off Alex Zanardi's Paralympic relay

1.600 km from Cortina to Paris, beyond the boundaries of disability!

“Obiettivo Tricolore”: Giusy Versace kicks off Alex Zanardi's Paralympic relay.

It started from Cortina d'Ampiezzo, Sunday September 10, fourth edition of Objective Tricolore, the great relay created by Alex Zanardi as a symbol of restart after the lockdown in 2020.

An exciting journey of 22 stages and 1.600 km, Cortina d'Ampezzo in Paris (arrival Sunday 1 October), in which 70 Paralympic athletes they will pass the baton on handbikes, bicycles, Olympic wheelchairs, running and canoeing to promote Paralympic sport.

giusy versace wanted to give its contribution to the event again this year, not only for thefriendship that binds her to Alex Zanardi and his family, but above all for the great value of social and cultural promotion that Objective Tricolore embodies.

"I am happy to have started this event which I believe is very important for its ability to promote Paralympic sport in all its forms. This year, the event also takes on an even more important meaning, because it unites in a long embrace two Olympic cities such as Cortina d'Ampezzo and Paris, the first host of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2026 and the second of the summer ones in 2024. I wish good luck to the 70 athletes who will undertake this fascinating journey and I invite everyone to take to the streets and cheer them on... they will certainly need it!" - Like this giusy versace.

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The relay started on Sunday 10 September from Corso Italia in Cortina d'Ampezzo, towards Conegliano (110 km) with the paracyclists Michele Grieco, Massimo Salmaso and Jacopo Garrone. The athletes, in 3 weeks, they will cross Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta to then cross the Alps on the Piccolo San Bernardo and enter France in the department of Haute-Savoie. At this point the route will cross the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Burgundy-Franche-Comté and Ilê-de-France, with stops in Bourg Saint Maurice, Annecy, Bourge en Bresse, Chalon sur Saône, Semur en Auxois (centre of preparation of road cycling for the 2024 Olympic Games), Auxerre, Sens, Brie Comte Robert and, finally, Paris, whose arrival is scheduled for Sunday 1 October.

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The start of the fourth edition of Objective Tricolore was also greeted by a series of other collateral events such as the presentation of the book 'Paralympics' written by the leading expert on Paralympic sport, the journalist of the Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere della Sera Claudius Arrigoni, and twinning with the important food and wine review 'The Queen of Taste' and which saw Versace toast together with the downhill champion Kristian Ghedina.

"It's always nice to listen to my friend Claudio Arrigoni when he tells the stories of Paralympic athletes who have written important pages in this sport and I believe that his book has been an inspiration for many young people. I find it very important to continue to inspire young people and above all to stimulate people with disabilities to approach sports” – concludes the Versace.

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