The corporal chosen by the Army Michela Moioli, reigning Olympic champion for the snowboardcross, will be the standard-bearer of Italy at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022, scheduled from 4 to 20 February, which will be inaugurated at the Beijing National Stadium.
It is the first time that an athlete of the Italian Army has the honor of representing the Italian team as standard bearer at the Olympics. Alpina Michela Moioli, enlisted since 2013, serves, like all the Army winter sports athletes, at the Alpine Training Center of Aosta, which boasts a long tradition of Olympic and world champions.
“Winter sports harden body and mind to every challenge, the same skills that we train every day in our operational units; I am proud to see you parade as standard bearer at the opening of the Games, despite being sorry for the injury suffered by the formidable Sofia Goggia, previously designated standard bearer, to whom my best wishes for a quick recovery go with the hope of seeing her triumph with you on the slopes Chinese " - some of the words said by the general of the army corps Pietro Serino, chief of staff of the Army, during the video call he had with the corporal selected Michela Moioli. He then concluded - “Our support, warmth and pride reach you and all the other champions of the Italian delegation. We cheer for you! "
The Italian team at the Beijing 2022 Olympics will be made up of 118 athletes summoned by CONI and by the two reference Federations (FISI / FISG) mostly from Military Sports Groups and state.
Il Sports Group of the Army, with its 33 athletes involved in 11 disciplines will be the largest of the Italian delegation. In the year in which the Alpine specialty celebrates its 150th anniversary, the military athletes of the Army bring with them the strong values of the Armed Force in addition to their sporting skills.
