Rhythmic scandal, federal president Tecchi: “Maccarani stays, he understood the lesson”

“Emanuela Maccarani remains in the role of coach of the national team until the pronouncement of the sports justice”. Speaking in the Coni Hall of Honor at the conference “Our history and our future”, the president of the FGI Gherardo Tecchi maintains a guaranteed position towards the former director of the National Academy of Desio, referred by the federal prosecutor and investigated by the Monza prosecutor’s office as part of the investigation into the harassment of the students. “Despite everything that has happened, we can boast” continues Tecchi, “of having had a 20% increase in members compared to 2021 and also an increase in affiliations. A demonstration that in Italy the hunger for gymnastics and the trust of families in us remains very high”.

“Emanuela Maccarani understood the lesson”

On the future of the Desio Academy: “Currently Maccarani, Tishina and Patriarca are coaches. We will add a new person next week, we will do it to be calm, I don’t know what will happen at the level of sporting and ordinary justice. You must be someone Maccarani likes. We think we’ve spotted it. I’m keeping the interim technical management until the end of 2023. There are many interventions to do to get everything back on track. I have to guarantee Emanuela Maccarani. She understood the lesson. It’s not up to us to decide. We have to stop, there is the Olympic qualification”.

The butterflies? “They’re not well” continues Tecchi “they are suffering the story heavily, but they also know that their job is to train and snatch the Olympic qualification”. Even if late, the ex Farfalle of the blue rhythmics also attended the conference, welcomed with affection by their colleagues.

Malagò: “No discounts, but no premature sentences either”

The president of Coni Giovanni Malagò is on the same wavelength as Tecchi: “Gymnastics is a federation that despite having a unique history, the oldest, from which everything was born, in 2022 had never won so much. There had never been so many results, yet in recent months there has been almost only talk of a certain story that I don’t comment on, I never have. This makes you think. It’s not fair to the federation – added Malagò – and I am very sorry for this. If it is true that no medal can justify a certain type of behavior, and it would be blasphemous to dispute this statement, it would be equally blasphemous to pass judgment on this behavior even before the persons in charge express themselves”. “No discounts will be made – concludes Malagò – but let us avoid making premature judgments. However, no other federation has fielded a series of agreements such as those of the FGI with Terres des Hommes, the Moige and the strengthening of the Safeguarding office to guarantee its members”.