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On Friday, in Sunny Valley, the three days that will not see German athletes at the start due to a decision of the federation after what happened with the Russian invasion in Ukraine. In the capital, no World Cup grand finale for sledding on a natural track.
Thursday 24 February 2022 3 minutes reading time
The situation linked to the decision of Russia, by President Vladimir Putin, to invade Ukraine with the attack that began today, is also bound to the world of sport.
We wrote about the probable move from Tyumen of the World Cup finals, as far as cross-country skiing is concerned, but in the next few hours, as the FIS has confirmed the appointment, races of the maximum ski cross circuit in that of Sunny Valley. On the Russian snow, however, the athletes of Germany will not take to the track, with the German federation having decided to bring its expedition home, in open protest with what is happening at the political level.
There will be five blues at the gate, starting from the qualifications scheduled for Friday morning (at 7 Italian), towards the two races on Saturday and Sunday: Simone Deromedis will lead the Italian team, to look for the second podium of the season after the amazing 5th place in the Olympic test, with Gunsch, Zuech and Tomasoni at his side in the men's team, while Jole Galli will be the only representative in the women's races, given the injury of Lucrezia Fantelli.
On the other hand, there will not be the grand finale of the Natural Slope World Cup in Moscow: FIL has decided to cancel the three-day event, scheduled from tomorrow until Sunday 27 February, with a date and place for recovery. under evaluation. If you no longer have to compete, after the crystal ball already conquered by the double formed by Florian Clara and Patrick Pigneter, two other triumphs by the blue squadron would already be certain, with Evelin Lanthaler already launched (undefeated) towards the fifth cup consecutive and Alex Gruber for that of the men's single.
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