Favoritism Furor Erupts After Top Coach’s Daughter Named To Olympic Team
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The Italian curling team's selection of 19-year-old Rebecca Mariani brought a furious response from the omitted Angela Romei, who was in the squad for years.
MILAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Italian women’s curling team have been hit by a favouritism row after the selection of their technical director’s daughter for next month’s Winter Olympics in their home country.
Rebecca Mariani, the 19-year-old daughter of Marco Mariani, was among the five women named in the Italy squad for the Games next month which will be hosted in Milano Cortina
The selection brought an angry response from Angela Romei, who has been omitted after being in the squad for several years.
Romei complained that she had been dropped less than a month before the Olympics in favour of an inexperienced player.
“If it had been a tactical decision, they could have tried it out much earlier and then weighed things up, explaining the reasons to those directly involved,” she told Italian daily La Stampa.
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