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FIM Europe at the première of the docu-film “Goals – The invisible strength”

Yesterday in Rome the docu-film “Goals - The invisiblestrength” was presented tomedia: it tells the real sto-ries of three “special” riders– the European Champion Ni-cola Dutto from Italy, hiscompatriot Emiliano Mala-goli and Australian AlanKempster. All of them are di-sabled after a motorcycleaccident, but they havecome back riding on the twowheels, and at internationallevels. Malagoli and Kem-pster – both amputees, aregoing to race on Saturday20th May on the French cir-cuit of Le Mans, the day be-fore MotoGP, and Dutto –paraplegic – is preparing torace the next edition ofDakar in South America. The docu-film has been writ-ten and directed by FIM Eu-rope press officerFiammetta La Guidara withthe photography of sports tvdirector Mauro Valentinuzziand aims to underline howpassion and strong will canovercome the severe diffi-culties of disability. A the première in Rome Sil-vio Manicardi, FIM EuropeSecond Deputy President,was present. Among the spe-cial guests, the Italian actorMax Giusti – who is also amotorcyclist and a moto-cross rider and races forKTM. He spoke on behalf ofNicola Dutto, who is a KTMrider, too, and who couldnot attend the première be-cause he was coming back

From the left Silvio Manicardi, Fiammetta La Guidara and Emiliano MalagoliBelow, the audience during the première

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from Afriquia Merzouga Rally, being theonly paraplegic rider to finish the desertmarathon. “It is striking how the human willpowerto react to adversities allows to over-come barriers which may seem insupe-rable”, stated Silvio Manicardi. “FIMEurope congratulates with the authorfor the realization of this docu-film,which shows also great sensibility to-wards this subject matter”.FIM Europe gave its patronage to “Goals– The invisible strength” to support itssolidarity message.

The actual issue of FIM Europe MAG isonline and can be downloaded here.

About FIM Europe (www.fim-europe.com) - The FIM Europe (in the past UEM, Union Europèenne de Motocyclisme) includes47 National Federations (FMNs) and 6 Regional Motorcycling Associations and is a European organization acting within its attri-butions in all matters in relation with motorcycling activities and, as such, in domains ranging from sport, tourism, leisure, envi-ronment, mobility, road safety, legislative affairs, protection and defence of the rights and interests of motorcycle users. As far asmotorcycle sport is concerned, the FIM Europe is the supreme and sole European authority empowered by the FIM to controlEuropean motorcycling sport activities organized under its jurisdiction throughout Europe.The aims of FIM Europe are to developand promote all forms of motorcycling in Europe as well as the co-operation and friendship between its members, and notably:to examine all questions related to the development of motorcycling in Europe; to organize European Championships and toestablish all competitions that appear beneficial subject to the prior approval of the FIM; to co-operate with the FIM in all mattersrelating to the organization of international events and motorcycling in general; to organize camps and seminars for riders, officials,coaches and administrators of various European FMNs; to support the creation and development of motorcycling activities in allEuropean countries; to promote the co-operation among all European FMNs; to promote motorcycling among young people,both as sport and motorcycling in general; to encourage the use of motorcycles in European countries and to develop motorcycletourism; to represent the interests of motorcyclists before European authorities; to promote in the media the sport of motorcyclingand the use of motorcycles in all of Europe.Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/europeanmotorcycling

PRESS RELEASE nr. 103/2017 - May 16th 2017FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

FIM Europe Press OfficerTel + 39 342 9231793fiammetta.laguidara@fim-europe.com

From the left Italian actor - and KTM rider - Max Giusti, Fiammetta La Gui-dara and Silvio Manicardi. Below, Nicola Dutto in action