After the scandal that hit the world of Italian gymnastics in October , with cases of alleged mistreatment of the "blue butterflies", Federginnastica is trying to move forward . « Maccarani will continue to coach the national team until the pronouncement of the sports justice system. He understood the lesson», assured the president Gherardo Tecchi , in his speech at the CONI Hall of Honor, on the occasion of the conference "Our history and our future".
During the meeting, an occasion that should have celebrated twelve extraordinary months in terms of successes and memberships, the federation also spoke of the year that has just ended, marked by complaints from some former gymnasts who complained of psychological abuse against them during the period they lived at the Desio Academy and for which Emanuela Maccarani and her assistant Tishina are being investigated, at a sporting and ordinary level.
For both, the referral of the prosecutor arrived on Monday with the start of the sports trial by the federal court scheduled for February 23 in Rome . Within ninety days there will be a ruling, while in the meantime Maccarani, who has only lost the position of Dt, will continue to train the Butterflies. « Certainly the girls are not well, the truth is this - explained Tecchi -. They are suffering heavily from what happened , but they also know that their job is to train to arrive at the right time fully prepared. So I am very confident that they will be able to achieve their goal ». The president then reiterated how he must be a "guarantee" towards the former technical director, not taking the place of justice "which will take its course", and underlining how Emanuela " does not risk being replaced for now ".
