Sport
For the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960, the Italian Olympic Committee built the Olympic Stadium and the Federal Center for Canoe / Kayak on Lake Albano,. At this stage the races were held in this discipline, and even today the Italian Federation of Canoe / Kayak considers this one of its most important training cites
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“Drag racing is a sport of egos, and it’s all male egos.”
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