Veliaj follows the "show"/ Seeks the merits of wrestlers Valiev and Dudaev

2024-08-12 21:01:00, Politikë CNA

Veliaj follows the "show"/ Seeks the merits of wrestlers Valiev and

The mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj

The Albanian Olympic team, which participated in the Paris Olympics, was received this Monday with honors at Rinas airport, after wrestlers Chermen Valiev and Islam Dudaev received bronze medals, the first for our country.

It was no surprise that the mayor Erion Veliaj also participated in this reception, thus seeking to take from the fame and merit of the athletes who honored Albania.

But this meeting was not enough for the mayor. He chose to do another "show" on the terrace of the municipality, which was more for his personal ego than for the athletes, to say that the Municipality of Tirana has helped the athletes achieve these results.

Veliaj, among other things in his speech, said that this meeting was a thanksgiving ceremony for the athletes, who were the true heroes of the evening.

"''Today we cannot receive a better message than the message that sweat, talent, work, effort, team, are rewarded. Happy International Youth Day, especially to young people who aspire to, like these boys, achieve things with work, with effort, with love, with passion, as a common mission, which is our national flag, our team, Albania . Happy youth day to the many boys and girls who are here today and believe that only with sweat, work and talent we can move forward. Today is also the fixed date when we submitted the application for Tirana European Capital of Sport and I remember how we were with the same emotion. A tradition that Vlora is following today, and hopefully, Shkodra tomorrow. Sport can transform economic realities, political realities and diplomatic realities. Today, the flag of Albania, thanks to this effort, thanks to these pieces of this puzzle of a big picture collected over the years with extraordinary dedication by Fidel Yllli and the extraordinary team of KOKSHI, managed to raise our flag twice in Paris, with a success unimaginable before'', he declared.

These heroes were given less than 3 minutes to speak (specifically the president of the Albanian Wrestling Federation, Sahi Prizreni), while from the rest of the meeting, he gave a speech himself, where he praised the "good works" done in the municipality for sports./ CNA