(Written by Massimo Chisari)
Rhythmic gymnastics finally has his own seat, called the “butterflies’ house”. “A starting point that makes Desio a national excellence sports centre”, declares the mayor of Desio, Roberto Corti.
We can talk about excellence, for sure. The day we were waiting for has finally arrived. The new “butterflies’ house”, better called International Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy, was opened in Desio yesterday morning, 5th September.
“We cannot think about a family without a place where to live in. We cannot play any sport without a place where to play it”. That’s the declaration of the CONI president, Giovanni Malagò.
The president of Olympic Committee, Giovanni Malagò
The new location will provide a place where the winners of the last Olympic games can train. “We won many medals, even if we trained in very precarious conditions until now. The fact of having a new seat gives us infinite chances of winning”, says Emanuela Maccarani, the coach of the Italian team. “That’s a real pleasure for us to train here, every morning we go in at eight o’clock and feel like home” says Alessia Maurelli, leader of the “butterflies”.
During the ribbon-cutting ceremony there were the highest sport and politics authorities, such as the leader of the Italian Gymnastics Federation Gherardo Tecchi, together with the Federal Executive FGI Council and the Council of Regional Committees. There were also the CONI president Giovanni Malagò, the sports councillor of Lombardia region Martina Cambiaghi, the mayor Roberto Corti and his sports councillor Giorgio Gerosa, the Monza and Brianza’s province president Roberto Invernizzi.
“Despite the big emergencies our country is facing, a new “house” was born here”, says Gherardo Tecchi. Now the “butterflies” can fly all over their new house.
