Mario Pescante
Mario Pescante
Mario Pescanteis an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is a vice president of the International Olympic Committee...
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Personally I am opposed to sending athletes to jail for doping. We need to apply the laws to suppliers and doctors, not athletes. Two-year sport bans are devastating enough.
I don't know the details, it's not my business,
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One of our most famous songs is 'O Sole Mio.' It's not about the mountains; it's about the sun, the sky. Our mountains are near the borders up north, and those are the areas where winter sports are big. Really, only about a quarter of the country is into those sports.
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I am going to see the President of the IOC Jacques Rogge in two days time ... I am going to give him the latest update on the situation, suffice to say I am optimistic.
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Certain athletes make certain sports more popular. I think that's the case above all with Tomba.
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Police will not enter the village. This is not going to happen.
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Like every foreigner who commits a crime in Italy, she can go back to her country because the criminal process against her hasn't begun yet.
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It's not easy to work like this. We had already discussed that money, it's money that was expected.
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It's like Formula One racing. They went for a pit stop, and we made up three minutes in the race.
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You think American professional hockey players, paid in the millions, will risk being put in handcuffs to come play in Turin? Come on. Let's be realistic.
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Always the control in Italy has been very, very strict. MPs consider any type of moratorium a sign of weakness.
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We are preparing very well but it is not possible to be 100 percent secure.
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What happens now, I haven't the slightest idea,
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What happens now? I haven't got a clue.