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Wednesday the classic race where the two Aosta Valley players can play for something big. The "Defa": "It will be different than the relay, we will have to pay attention to the cold".
Tuesday 15 February 2022 4 minutes reading time
The cross-country Italy always clings to him, to the double Olympic silver in the sprint, a Federico Pellegrino who confirmed a stellar condition even in the first fraction of last Sunday's relay.
And who now wants his third medal at the Games, focusing strongly on the sprint team that tomorrow will see him engaged with Francesco De Fabiani in the classic technique test which, if we want, is certainly not the top for the blue duo, but which proposes a however very open challenge. "The relay gave me a lot of confidence and I think that De Fabiani will be on the right track too - explains" Chicco "to physi.org on the eve - We spent the summer each focusing on the goal of their individual competitions, knowing full well that the second Olympic week would have given us the opportunity to play something important in the sprint team.
Now the conditions have definitely changed, with a race in the late afternoon we will have to be very careful, getting used to not getting cold because the temperatures have dropped drastically. We will try to keep everything under control, as always, but the sensations are positive; I really want to be able to do a great performance also in the sprint team. We know that Norway and Russia, on paper, have something more but what happens in the race is unpredictable. There are also other medal contenders, such as France, Sweden and Finland with Niskanen. We will have to fight, but we want to be part of the game and assert ourselves ”.
Francesco De Fabiani, on the other hand, disappointed in the relay but is thirsty for redemption: “I would say that we are ready to face the race. I feel pretty good, unfortunately in the relay I was not able to change as I wanted, but I accused some problems with the materials in the sliding. It was a difficult day, with a lot of snow and he could stay there. Tomorrow there will be good conditions, very different from those encountered in Oberhof last year and the snow was changing every minute. It will be very cold, we will be at the limit with -20 ° and we should not underestimate it, because in any case it waits to give the change and you are stopped for three minutes: it will be important not to lose too much heat and get cold.
It will also be important to start in the first semifinal to have more recovery because we run at 1700 meters, with cold and slow snow, so a little more recovery could help ".
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