Marcialonga awarded with the most prestigious price by local authorities
Every year, on the last weekend of January, the valleys of Fiemme and Fassa, Italy, host one of the most famous cross-country skiing events in the world, Worldloppet’s member, Marcialonga.
Fifty years have passed since 7th February 1971 (before 1974, the race used to be held between late January and early February) and the Autonomous Province of Trento has decided to give Marcialonga the prestigious “Aquila di San Venceslao” (Eagle of St. Wenceslaus, a prize recalling the tradition of Trentino and its autonomy), which had never been given to a sporting event before. It was awarded to the organizng committee of Marcialonga “for the importance it has had and the role it has played in the last 50 years. This prize goes to the event, its organizing committee as well as its volunteers for their ability to have invented and kept organizing a world-famous sporting event in Trentino”.
In these years Marcialonga has brought more than 250,000 participants to Fiemme and Fassa. It has brought something like two and a half million tourist overnight stays in the two valleys and thousands of hours of TV and media coverage all over Europe.
From the stage Corradini announced that despite the fact that the pandemic is still holding back foreigners, only a few places are still available for the next Marcialonga. The weekend of 29th and 30th January 2022 will still be one to remember.
