Rome, 3 December (LaPresse) – Olympic champion Gregorio Paltrinieri will be the first torchbearer for the Milan-Cortina torch relay in Rome on Saturday 5 December, following the lighting ceremony at the Quirinale the day before. Among the protagonists of the relay are basketball player Achille Polonara, who is battling leukaemia, and high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi.
Milan-Cortina: Paltrinieri first torchbearer, Polonara and Tamberi also involved

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