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The Aosta Valley is already the best blue after the descent and dreams of another medal, even if Shiffrin is in front and the Holdener-Gisin couple are very close. His words, as well as those of Curtoni, Bassino and Nicol Delago.
Thursday 17 February 2022 5 minutes reading time
A swing of emotions, from the disappointment of the super-g to that of the downhill tests themselves, which excluded her from last Tuesday's race, with an excess of controversy to be set aside for a medal challenge like that of the combined.
Federica Brignone managed to concentrate on a good descent, taking home an eighth time, but above all only 69 cents behind Christine Scheyer, who keep the blue in full race for the medals towards the slalom scheduled at 7.00 (Italian time ). Above all, we must evaluate the comparison with the three big favorites, and if Mikaela Shiffrin is just 13 cents ahead (and will start fifth), but has another "engine" in slalom compared to Fede, it is at least possible to fight with Wendy Holdener and Michelle Gisin, who are 3 tenths from the Aosta Valley and will come out of the gate after her, respectively for the eleventh and twelfth (and with a track that could have an extra line of sign).
“From the middle down I think I did a downhill lady - Brignone's analysis on Rai Sport after his race - Maybe at the top I had too much respect, then I really tried and tried to do my best; considering the first two trainings, I made a big leap in quality. I'm there and I can play it, even if there are three slalomists stronger than me, it won't be over until the last door. Slalom means a lot of exercise, I have four days of training in my legs throughout the season and I'm not as good as they are, but can anything happen in combination?
The words of the past few days? Sometimes you get so cooked, with the stress of an event like this, that then you explode and it happened to me after the super-g, where I didn't get what I wanted. Now I have recharged myself and I am thinking of giving my best ".
Elena Curtoni went out in the middle of the track, making a particular mistake after having passed the most critical passage of the upper part. A shame, given that starting from the front in slalom, thinking about what was done downhill two days ago, would have kept a door open on the medal chance, she who was fourth in the Cortina World Championship. “I'm sorry because I knew I could do well and I care about this discipline - his words in the interview with Simone Benzoni (Rai Sport) - I made a disaster, maybe I hit a hole but at least I'm standing.
It ends here, it was a beautiful experience in which I gave my all - Elena is moved - I'm happy to have played it and given that something extra downhill, I dreamed and as Giuliano also said (Razzoli, ed. ) yesterday, sport teaches you this, to dream and believe it. There are still World Cup races where you can express yourself ".
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