Barcelona organized this Thursday the institutional act to commemorate 30 years of the 1992 Games remembers that victory with pride, but looks to the future with the illusion of being an Olympian again, a longing for the moment parked because the Olympic candidacy for Pyrenees-Barcelona Winter Games 2030 so far disappointed by the lack of agreement, mainly due to last-minute obstacles of Government of Aragon.
There are many praises for Barcelona’92 and some nods to the new Olympic dreams of the city and of Catalonia punctuated the speeches of the authorities present at Saló de Cent de l’Ajuntamentwhere representatives of the various protagonists of that event (athletes, volunteers, organizers) met to remember an event that marked “before and after both for Barcelona and for the Games themselves”, according to the mayor, Ada Colau.
“Barcelona is a historic event that marks a milestone in the city and in the country. Barcelona had a desire for the Olympics in the difficult context of those years and took a step forward. It had a big job and a unique opportunity and Barcelona ’92 dazzled the world” said Colau.
“Many of us are not giving up on another Olympic dream,” said the first deputy mayor, James Colboni, which refers to the Winter Games. “We don’t know if it will be for 2030 or 2034, but many people will not give up on having the Games again in our city,” added Collboni, responding to the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonesto the Minister of Sports, miquel icetaand the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alexander White.
“This day is very special because we are commemorating 30 years of an event that changed the image of our country inside and outside the country,” assured the COE president.
“This is a tribute to the blessed madmen of this City Council who decided to file a candidacy. Hopefully in 30 years we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Barcelona’92 and the 30th anniversary of the 2030 or 2034 Games. I will give my life to it. Each one in his role, we are all important in Barcelona’92 and now we all have to be united again, ready to walk the same path”, emphasized Blanco.
Quoted by Iceta Narcis Serra, Juan Antonio Samaranch and especially in Pasqual Maragall as key pieces of Barcelona’92. “In Barcelona there was a desire to disrupt it and Pasqual had a vision, he saw things before others and he saw it in a big way. In Barcelona’92 there was agreement because there was leadership, that Maragall, always with the power of desire. That push continues I live and it is our responsibility to take advantage of it,” added the Spanish Sports Minister.
“The resounding success of Barcelona’92 forms an indissoluble alliance between citizens and institutions. We do not have to look at Barcelona’92 with nostalgia, but as a legacy that should inspire us to continue the transformation of Barcelona and Catalonia to a future full of prosperity Barcelona’92 was the victory we needed as a country, that the Olympic spirit showed us that nothing is impossible and that, in the union of institutions and citizens, we is unstoppable”, said Pere Aragonès.
After the institutional act, the celebration party continued at Plaça Sant Jaume with musical performances and the projection of an audiovisual show in front of the City Hall whose theme revolves around the transformation of Barcelona from the announcement in 1986 as an Olympic city to the current city and its future projection. This ‘mapping’ can also be seen this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in three shows each day at the same time: 10:15 pm, 10:30 pm and 10:35 pm
Source: La Verdad
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