Overview

• A July 14 decree from Health Minister Orazio Schillaci names Giorgio Parisi as president of the ministry’s section for vigilance and control on doping.
• Parisi told ANSA he received the invitation late and declined the role, noting the subject is not his field.
• Reporting points to a likely mix-up with Attilio Parisi, rector of the University of Rome Foro Italico and a sports medicine specialist, with apologies to him reported by insiders.
• The anti-doping section sits within a newly formed Comitato tecnico sanitario whose 14 members were nominated by several institutions including the Health Ministry, CONI, NAS, ISS, the Labour Ministry, the State-Regions Conference and the government’s Sports Department.
• Because the appointment appears in an official decree, rectifying the error is administratively complex and no formal correction has been announced.