HOUR NO LIMITS, IN LIVIGNO TEN. COL. PAGLIA COVERS 5.7 KM IN ONE HOUR

(String: {%- set hs_blog_post_body -%} {%- set in_blog_post_body = true -%} <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_post_body" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" ><p style="text-align: left;">The quadriplegic athlete was accompanied by FISIP Paralympic national team athletes</p> <!--more--> <p>Livigno, 27.11.2023 - On <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Sunday, 26 November, Livigno hosted "Ora No Limits</span>", the FISIP (Italian Federation of Paralympic Winter Sports) challenge launched last week at the headquarters of the Italian Paralympic Committee, which saw for the first time a tetraplegic, <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Ten. Col. Gianfranco Paglia</span> - Gold Medalist for Military Valour, who was seriously wounded in Somalia exactly thirty years ago and captain of the Defence Paralympic Sports Group - t<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">ackle an hour of continuous cross-country skiing.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Paglia, on the cross-country skiing ring in Livigno, was accompanied in turn by teammates from the A team and the B team of the national Nordic skiing team, and covered 5.7 km. The aim was to convey a social message of inclusion and to show that disability is not a limitation but a resource to identify one's own limits and that these can be overcome.</span><br><br>The challenge will continue next year until the Paralympics in Milan Cortina 2026, accompanying the athletes of the national team in other challenges.<br><br>The event was organised by FISIP Nordic Ski Teams Technical Coordinator <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Paolo Marchetti</span> and City Councillor <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Marina Claoti </span>and was attended, among others, by Livigno Tourist Board President Luca Moretti and FISIP President Paolo Tavian.<br><br><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">"It was undoubtedly a good day of sport,"</span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 300;"> commented Ten. Col. Paglia immediately after finishing his performance</span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">, "I want to thank the national team and the guys who were outstanding, they supported me tirelessly for the entire hour. I am quite satisfied with how it went, I could have done even more but we will see if we can come up with something new for next year!"<br><br></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">"As FISIP we immediately married and embraced this initiative," </span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">says Federation President Paolo Tavian, </span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">"an opportunity to enhance all athletes with disabilities and to show that sport can be a means of redemption. In fact, it is often precisely sport that is a means of stimulation and revenge in disability: events like these are fundamental situations for the Federation to amplify its knowledge and spread its values."<br><br></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">"It was a very important day of sport for us: we managed to achieve our goal of organising an event that allowed us to bring out the meaning of the word 'inclusion',"</span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> explains Paolo Marchetti, FISIP technical coordinator for Nordic skiing. </span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;">- Including this event in our calendar, which is already very full of competitions, was as challenging as it was gratifying. I am satisfied with the result, we have supported Paglia over the last few months in both technical and athletic preparation with a series of outings on snow supported by FISIP, the 5.7 km that he covered today is really a great result."<br></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 300;">The town of Livigno supported the venture in its organisation and realisation as</span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> it firmly believes in the moral values that sport brings with it, and also on this occasion confirmed itself as a reference point for cross-country skiing.<br></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;"></span><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic;"><br></span></p>{{ include_custom_fonts({"Livigno":["Regular","Medium","Light","Bold Italic","Bold","Black","Thin","Medium Italic"]}) }}</span> {%- endset -%} {%- set hs_blog_post_summary -%} <p style="text-align: left;">The quadriplegic athlete was accompanied by FISIP Paralympic national team athletes</p> {%- endset -%} {%- blog_post_data_wall_wrapper body={{hs_blog_post_body}}, summary={{hs_blog_post_summary}} %})