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Paris, Innerhofer and Marsaglia are already thinking about the first test (Thursday 3 February) of the five-circle descent. Cochran-Siegle impressed by the competition context; meanwhile in the USA, Mikaela "tells" the village and the stars and stripes federation summons Alix Wilkinson to replace the injured Breezy Johnson.
Saturday 29 January 2022 4 minutes reading time
The Olympic adventure has officially begun.
In six days the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games, but from February 2 there will be activities with the first curling matches and, Thursday February 3 (from 4.00 Italian, 11.00 local time), here is the inaugural test, of the three scheduled, towards the men's descent that will open the rich alpine skiing menu on Sunday 6.
Dominik Paris, Christof Innerhofer and Matteo Marsaglia arrived in China today and took possession of their accommodation at the “Yanqing Olympic Village”, with the same blue biathlon team that is landing in these hours.
Most of the athletes who will compete in the Olympic giant on February 7 are ready for their first training sessions: waiting for Petra Vlhova (and Bassino and Brignone, after the Garmisch super-g), here are Katharina Liensberger and the US team led by Mikaela Shiffrin. The champion from Colorado, in the company of Paula Moltzan, Nina O''Brien and AJ Hurt, talked about her first approach to the Olympic village via social media, complete with a “remote” meeting with her boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
Team USA that just today announced the latest change in the team that will participate in the five-wheel review: Alix Wilkinson, sprinter class 2000 who in Cortina obtained the first points in CdM with a great 18th place downhill ( today concluded 24th in Garmisch), will replace Breezy Johnson, a luxury injury who raised the white flag last Tuesday due to cartilage problems in a knee.
While the Austrians and Germans themselves have already taken to the track, here is also Ryan Cochran-Siegle crossing the Chinese snow and giving his point of view, very interesting, regarding the slope that will host the fast races in Yanqing. "I was amazed seeing the competition venue - the words of" RCS "- The snow is spectacular (completely artificial and on paper very much appreciated by North American athletes) and the terrain is tantalizing, incredible competition conditions should be created".
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