Tiziana Nasi: thanks to everyone but the work must continue
Tiziana Nasi © La Presse
Mar 21 2006
Interview to the President of Com.Par.To., between recaps and plans for the future
Tiziana Nasi is about to leave for Rome, where together with the medalled Italian athletes, Olympic and Paralympic, will be received by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
For the entire audience attending the Closing Ceremony of the IX Paralympic Winter Games, it will be in any case difficult to erase the image of the President of Com.Pat.To. reading the farewell speech, overcome by emotion, interrupted by the applause of the crowd, after receiving the medal of the Paralympic Order by the IPC President Phil Craven.
How did you feel on the stage in that moment?
I was really touched and I would have liked to share this recognition with all those who worked for the success of the Games and above all with the athletes who were unable to get on the podium.
Let’s try to recap on these Paralympic Winter Games... the overall impression cannot but be positive...
I absolutely agree, I think not only have the facts proved this, but also the comments of all those people who we have met in the last few days. I have only heard from truly enthusiastic people, who mentioned how everything had been well organised, from the competition venues to the ski runs and this has made me really pleased, because I have sort of been looking after the ski runs of Sestriere since 1982; so, hearing especially two American athletes say that they have found the best slopes they have ever competed on here, cannot but make me happy. Surely there have also been some small things that did not go 100% as planned, but it was more to do with internal issues, which luckily did not cause any inconvenience to the athletes and foreign delegations.
What’s the nicest thing you’ve heard people say to you these days?
Perhaps that this was the Paralympic Winter edition in which the warmest and friendliest atmosphere was felt and also where the audience participated with competence. This is despite the fact that, especially in some time slots, the spectators were mostly school students, who then proved to be well prepared and they actually were. The Toroc and Com.Par.To. functions in charge of the Education programme did an excellent job in promoting the event on the territory and they were also helped by the fact that the Paralympic athletes went to make speeches in the schools.
Did you hear anything you didn’t like?
Surely small little criticism, not so much from the athletes, delegations and journalists, but perhaps from the volunteers, who complained about some problems with the transports (they had to leave very early from Torino in order to get to Sestriere) and the fact that not everyone was given the Paralympic uniform. Unfortunately, we did some things at the last minute, let’s hope to have some more uniforms to the volunteers who didn’t get one.
What’s the most important legacy that these Games will leave with us?
I think that, now that everything has gone well and we received a huge success of participation in terms of delegations and the audience, the best proof that these Paralympics will truly leave some legacy behind will be in getting new people with a disability involved in the world of sport: this will be the best possible success.
So how will your work continue as the President of Piemonte’s IPC Regional Committee?
I really hope there will be more results to follow, I think this is possible. In any case, we are already planning several events, although it’s clear that we cannot just deal with big events, but also promotional and basic sports: this will be my major commitment for the upcoming months. However, I would like to note that on April 8-9, the Table Tennis Italian Championships will be held in Ciriè, while in May we will have a trial run of the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, in preparation for the World Championships that will be held in Torino in September and that will follow the ones disputed by able-bodied athletes. In addition, we are already cherishing the hope of being able to organise the Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2008 and in view of 2009, the mayor of Pragelato has proposed a “revival” of the Paralympic Winter Games, to be held within the same competition venues as the ones held in the last few days, expect for hockey, to be moved to Torre Pellice.
Silvia Bruno
Tiziana Nasi © La Presse
Mar 21 2006
Interview to the President of Com.Par.To., between recaps and plans for the future
Tiziana Nasi is about to leave for Rome, where together with the medalled Italian athletes, Olympic and Paralympic, will be received by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
For the entire audience attending the Closing Ceremony of the IX Paralympic Winter Games, it will be in any case difficult to erase the image of the President of Com.Pat.To. reading the farewell speech, overcome by emotion, interrupted by the applause of the crowd, after receiving the medal of the Paralympic Order by the IPC President Phil Craven.
How did you feel on the stage in that moment?
I was really touched and I would have liked to share this recognition with all those who worked for the success of the Games and above all with the athletes who were unable to get on the podium.
Let’s try to recap on these Paralympic Winter Games... the overall impression cannot but be positive...
I absolutely agree, I think not only have the facts proved this, but also the comments of all those people who we have met in the last few days. I have only heard from truly enthusiastic people, who mentioned how everything had been well organised, from the competition venues to the ski runs and this has made me really pleased, because I have sort of been looking after the ski runs of Sestriere since 1982; so, hearing especially two American athletes say that they have found the best slopes they have ever competed on here, cannot but make me happy. Surely there have also been some small things that did not go 100% as planned, but it was more to do with internal issues, which luckily did not cause any inconvenience to the athletes and foreign delegations.
What’s the nicest thing you’ve heard people say to you these days?
Perhaps that this was the Paralympic Winter edition in which the warmest and friendliest atmosphere was felt and also where the audience participated with competence. This is despite the fact that, especially in some time slots, the spectators were mostly school students, who then proved to be well prepared and they actually were. The Toroc and Com.Par.To. functions in charge of the Education programme did an excellent job in promoting the event on the territory and they were also helped by the fact that the Paralympic athletes went to make speeches in the schools.
Did you hear anything you didn’t like?
Surely small little criticism, not so much from the athletes, delegations and journalists, but perhaps from the volunteers, who complained about some problems with the transports (they had to leave very early from Torino in order to get to Sestriere) and the fact that not everyone was given the Paralympic uniform. Unfortunately, we did some things at the last minute, let’s hope to have some more uniforms to the volunteers who didn’t get one.
What’s the most important legacy that these Games will leave with us?
I think that, now that everything has gone well and we received a huge success of participation in terms of delegations and the audience, the best proof that these Paralympics will truly leave some legacy behind will be in getting new people with a disability involved in the world of sport: this will be the best possible success.
So how will your work continue as the President of Piemonte’s IPC Regional Committee?
I really hope there will be more results to follow, I think this is possible. In any case, we are already planning several events, although it’s clear that we cannot just deal with big events, but also promotional and basic sports: this will be my major commitment for the upcoming months. However, I would like to note that on April 8-9, the Table Tennis Italian Championships will be held in Ciriè, while in May we will have a trial run of the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, in preparation for the World Championships that will be held in Torino in September and that will follow the ones disputed by able-bodied athletes. In addition, we are already cherishing the hope of being able to organise the Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2008 and in view of 2009, the mayor of Pragelato has proposed a “revival” of the Paralympic Winter Games, to be held within the same competition venues as the ones held in the last few days, expect for hockey, to be moved to Torre Pellice.
Silvia Bruno
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