{"id":145604,"date":"2010-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"close-to-the-record-with-the-embrace-around-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.varesenews.it\/2010\/06\/close-to-the-record-with-the-embrace-around-the-lake\/145604\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to the record with the Embrace around the lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\">\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\DOCUME~1\\PPeggy\\IMPOST~1\\Temp\\msohtml1\\01\\clip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype name=\"metricconverter\" namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:HyphenationZone>14<\/w:HyphenationZone>\n<w:PunctuationKerning \/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables \/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell \/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct \/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules \/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit \/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object \nclassid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;\n\tmargin:70.85pt 2.0cm 2.0cm 2.0cm;\n\tmso-header-margin:35.4pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:35.4pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\ntable.MsoNormalTable\n{mso-style-name:\"Tabella normale\";\nmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\nmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\nmso-style-noshow:yes;\nmso-style-parent:\"\";\nmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\nmso-para-margin:0cm;\nmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-ansi-language:#0400;\nmso-fareast-language:#0400;\nmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www3.varesenews.it\/immagini_articoli\/200609\/abbraccio1.jpg\" \/>&ldquo;We got very close, but, unfortunately, we can&rsquo;t confirm the record for the world&rsquo;s longest complete human chain.&rdquo; This was said by Lucia Sinigagliesi, one of the two judges who had come from London for the Embrace.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">When she officially announced the result, she had just come off the helicopter of the Revenue Guard Corps, from which she had observed the whole embrace.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&ldquo;From high up, the view was wonderful. There were so many people, but, unfortunately, in some parts, the chain wasn&rsquo;t complete. You got very close, there wasn&rsquo;t far to go, but I&rsquo;m sorry I can&rsquo;t confirm the world record. It was a fantastic experience. Varese is a very hospitable town, with an incredible landscape, and this was a great event.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It is difficult to make a precise assessment of how many people there were along the <st1:metricconverter w:st=\"on\" productid=\"28 km\">28 km<\/st1:metricconverter> cycle path around the lake. Initial estimates speak of 18,000 adults and children, including families and sportspeople. So many people made their contribution to form the human chain, but it was not enough.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&ldquo;I think we can still say it was a success,&rdquo; said the President of the Province, Dario Galli. &ldquo;I saw so many people along the path, and there were lots of attractions. It was a great party, also because the embrace was only one moment during a great two days. Didn&rsquo;t we achieve the record? So, we&rsquo;ll try again next year, and we&rsquo;ll be better after this year&rsquo;s experience. I&rsquo;d like to thank everyone that has worked so hard to organise everything, from the events to the embrace itself, not to mention the security. 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