Atleticom We Run Roma marathon cancellation: organizers have compensation
“Deep bitterness as well as having caused serious economic and image damage that we will ask for compensation”. To speak is Camillo Franchi Scarselli after the cancellation of the tenth edition of Atleticom We Run Rome. Three days after the order signed by the mayor Gualtieri following the request for a stop by the ASL Roma 1, the disappointment and bewilderment of the organizers, and of course the athletes who were ready to compete in the race, have not yet vanished.
Camillo Franchi Scarselli, president of Atleticom and therefore of the organizing committee of the race, reiterates a concept already expressed in the heat of communicated the ordinance to the signature of the Mayor, which in fact had canceled in a moment the work of many months. (three days earlier), containing all the favorable opinions to be able to proceed. We have read on some media that stopping the race (a few hours away) “an epidemiological bomb” had been avoided! All without calling us to ask ourselves and think about the protocols that we have already put in place for days in compliance with the provisions in force. feds can be more dangerous than a spontaneous event without controls (how many have we seen on December 31st?) “.
“Today I want to reiterate – continues Camillo Franchi Scarselli – our apologies and sincere thanks to the many registered runners (many who came to Rome on purpose) and to the more than 500 operators of the Civil Protection, to the Municipal Police, to Associations and suppliers, as well as to FIDAL under whose insignia the Atleticom We Run Rome 2021 was registered on the national calendar. The race would take place in a “bubble” designed to better manage (and precisely in full compliance with the protocols) the circumstances in which we all live. absolutely to enter into the merits of health issues, God forbid. safer than the chaos in which I was finding myself maximum to counter the spread of the virus. But we were and remain convinced that we have done everything necessary, in constant coordination with all the Offices of the Municipality and of the Federation. What happened, without a truly changed state of emergency compared to December 27, leaves us with a profound bitterness or three to have caused serious economic and image damage that we will ask for compensation “.
Among those enrolled in this tenth edition of Atleticom We Run Rome, there was also Professor Francesco Landi, UOC director of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine of the A. Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital, professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Catholic University and between the managers of the new post-Covid Day Hospital, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Sport and Health, who, not hiding his disappointment, said: “I was ready to run Atleticom We Run Rome because he remains firmly convinced that sport is a winning weapon against Covid 19, and therefore, naturally in full compliance with the safety and precautions that in this specific case had been strictly respected by the organizer, it is important to continue to do so “.