Italy: Mornati looking forward to "Olympic atmosphere" at Baku 2015 European Games
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Carlo Mornati
Chef de Mission, Italy
Each week we’ll be talking to one of the 49 countries about their preparations for the First European Games in Baku.
Carlo Mornati
Chef de Mission, Italy
Dermot Henihan
Chef de Mission, Ireland
12 June 2015
28 June 2015
Manat (AZN)
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
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