This 89-year-old ‘King of the Volunteers’ at the Olympics will star in the closing ceremony

Feb 23, 2026 - 08:01
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This 89-year-old ‘King of the Volunteers’ at the Olympics will star in the closing ceremony
VERONA, Italy (AP) — When Mario Gargiulo traveled to the 1956 Cortina Winter Games, his first trip to northern Italy from his hometown of Naples, the 20-year-old never imagined he’d return to the Olympics. But he has, 70 years later, this time as the so-called “King of the Volunteers.” He was among the first of…