The Olympic Games, the CUP and Kilian Jornet

If we could agree on something for most of the people of Barcelona, ​​it is that the 1992 Olympic Games marked a before and after. The organizational success was of such magnitude that the Barcelona brand went around the world and there was a time of splendor of which now only the memory remains. I say this because this week the Stop JJOO Platform has been presented and as the main supporter was, via telematics, the ultra-distance runner and mountain skier Kilian Jornet. A Jornet Those games caught him when he was 5 years old, however, it is surprising that after almost 10 years residing in Norway he positioned himself so strongly against the Pirineos-Barcelona 2030 candidacy.

Perhaps the problem is that no one has explained to him that the current rules imposed by the IOC to hold the Games are very strict regarding sustainability and the economic model. The IOC member himself Juan Antonio Samaranch explained a few days ago that you do not have to build new facilities or infrastructure to hold games. In other words, it is not planned to raise any trampoline as the mountaineer assured Araceli Segarra. A Jornet, who is considered by the Higher Sports Council for a high performance athlete (DAN), would like to compete in some Games, but does not accept the current model. It is their right, as are the members of the Platform or those of the CUP who demand that the Government withdraw any economic item in exchange for approving the Budgets. In short, what the Government, the Government and the COE have to do is clearly explain the project. Maybe then until Jornet change your mind and Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030, as happened in 1992, be a candidacy that almost everyone likes. Otherwise it will be not to the airport, not to the Games and not to everything & mldr;

The flag of 2030

Today, Sunday, a flag will be hung on the old pole of the Pedagògium school in the Plaza del Sol in the Gràcia neighborhood. It will not be just any flag and it will not respond to any political tendency. The initiative comes from Flag Lab who have drawn up a project with a vocation for the city and for cultural creation. The idea is to hang eight flags until June 2022 that appeal to the values ​​reflected in the 2030 agenda regarding sustainability, end of poverty and climate action. Flag Lab has signed an agreement with the Eina school and the Suñol Foundation.

Emilio’s stork

The Association of Journalists awarded posthumously this Monday the Professional Journalist Award to Antonio Franco. An award that comes late, although the final result ended in an emotional and well-deserved tribute. Four journalists spoke, in addition to Emilio Pérez de Rozas. Emilio, who was brother of Carlos and how Carlos he was brother of Antonio, He was also the brother of the honoree and made it clear that Antonio He was an unrepeatable type. One day ‘Papa Pérez de Rozas’ he told Emilio when he was little: ‘You don’t know how lucky you were that the stork didn’t leave you in the next door.’ ‘And yes, it was fortunate because that way I was able to coincide with Antonio´. Explained himself Emilio. Xavier Folch said of Franco that he was the ‘great director’ after the dictatorship and that he treated everyone with respect. Josep Cuní, who appreciated their friendship, highlighted their rigor as sympathetic as it is forceful. Joan Tapia, who was his main competitor when he was director of ‘La Vanguardia’, spoke of his innate journalistic intuition and Neus Tomàs, Now Deputy Director of Eldiario.es, she explained that she met Franco years ago at a demonstration against racism, also underlined the valuable contribution of promoting the edition of EL PERIÓDICO in Catalan and recalled that this country has not done him justice. Well yes, you are right. In this country we only remember the greats when they are not there.

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Manel Fuentes, supportive

A final note to highlight the concert that this Wednesday offered Manel Fuentes in the Luz de Gas Room. It was not just another concert by his Bruce Spring’s Team. It was a concert to help the room in its commitment to live music. Like his own Springsteen, Fountains He gave everything and also paid the musicians out of his pocket. In the end, Fede Sardá took the stage on another night to remember after a closed year and nine months. Do not stop the party.