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Fair Play Menarini International Awards, the champions of Fair Play cast their spell on the audience in Fiesole
World-class names graced the front row of the theatre in Fiesole. Both the event's past and present were represented on the terraces, featuring this year's new award-winners and many Menarini Fair Play Ambassadors from previous editions. The message conveyed by the award was also underscored by the presence of the , a Fair Play Menarini International Award recipient himself in 2016.
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The final act of the awards ceremony, which will be broadcast this evening from 9 p.m. on , welcomed stars from the international sports scene. Starting with football and the iconic captain and vice-president of the Inter Milan club, , and coach, , a former mainstay of Juventus, awarded the Paolo Rossi "Role Model" Special Prize in memory of the glorious 1982 World Cup win played alongside Paolo "Pablito" Rossi. Flying the flag for athletics was the record-breaking long-distance runner, , gold medallist at last June's Golden Gala , while the ever-popular Olympic swimmer, , and Paralympic swimmer represented the very best of Italian water sports. Also present on stage were two exceptional winter sport champions, the skier, and the biathlete, . Not to mention, the fencing star, , volleyball coach, , who coached the Iranian national women's team, plus NBA basketball star, . The "Lioness" of tennis, , and the newly appointed director of Rai Sport , , winner of the Franco Lauro "Narrating Emotions" special prize, completed the list of new entries in the Fair Play Menarini Hall of Fame.
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The ceremony, presented by Lorenzo Dallari and Rachele Sangiuliano , also featured the return to the Fair Play Menarini stage of the musical group, the stars of the evening exactly twenty-four years after their previous performance at the awards ceremony. The swing band opened the evening. Another notable comeback was made by , the unrivalled heroine of Italian swimming, who was awarded the Fair Play prize in 2022, and special guest of the event, who was given a very warm welcome by the members of the public.
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- FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE , " Sport and Life" category
- JAVIER ZANETTI , "Legendary Figure" category
- DEBORAH COMPAGNONI , "Career Fair Play" Category
- ALESSANDRA CAMPEDELLI , "Social Values of Sport" Category
- ANTONIO CABRINI , "A Role Model for Youth" Paolo Rossi Special Prize Category
- ELISA DI FRANCISCA , "Sport and Courage" Category
- GIULIA GHIRETTI , "Sport Beyond Sport" SUSTENIUM Energy and Heart Category
- LARISSA IAPICHINO , "A Smile for Life" Category
- MASSIMILIANO ROSOLINO , "Sport Promotion" Category
- LUIS ALBERTO SCOLA BALVOA, "Fair Play" Category
- LISA VITTOZZI , "Fair Play and the Environment" Category
- JACOPO VOLPI , "Narrating Emotions" Franco Lauro Special Prize Category
- MARIACLOTILDE ADOSINI, "Young Athletes" Category
- EMILIA ROSSATTI , "Young Athletes" Category
- GIORGIO PIETRO TORRISI , ""Young Athletes" Category
- GIANLUCA GENSINI , "Studio and Sport" Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category
ANDREA ABODI
GIANCARLO ANTOGNONI
EDWIN MOSES
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ARRIGO SACCHI
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