A Sunday on the slopes for downhillers in Yanqing, goodbye Games for Cater. Today the landing of Vlhova

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A Sunday on the slopes for downhillers in Yanqing, goodbye Games for Cater. Today the landing of Vlhova

Four days after the first test, in addition to the Azzurri, Feuz and Odermatt are training. The positive Slovenian sprinter at Covid.

The jet men will be the first protagonists of the Beijing Olympic Games for alpine skiing, with the men's downhill scheduled for Sunday 6 February (4.00 am Italian time) to inaugurate the five-circle program. Saturday the first skiing on the slopes for many, today practically for everyone since there was also the first approach of the Swiss, with Beat Feuz and Marco Odermatt leading the companions on the snow of Yanqing. And while Dominik Paris, Matteo Marsaglia and Christof Innerhofer are also approaching their competitive debut, which will take place on Thursday 3 February with the first of three downhill tests, here is the first Covid case linked to a leading athlete. Martin Cater, in fact, today announced his positivity, a few hours after landing in China: not even the time to start them, that for the Slovenian sprinter the Games are already over, he who could have done well both downhill (he was really in great condition, let's just think of the 10th and 6th place of Wengen), but also and above all in combined, scheduled for 10 February. The girls, as is known, will begin their adventure on Monday 7 with the giant: today one of the great favorites for medals in at least three races, Petra Vlhova, who wants to give the first laurel to her Slovakia arrived at the "Yanqing Olympic Village" . Disembarkation also carried out for Meta Hrovat and his staff led by Livio Magoni, while the arrival of the first blue is expected by Tuesday. Without Goggia (as is known, the aim is to fly by the end of next week), and with Gulli and Della Mea who will compete on Monday and Tuesday the two European Cup races in Zell am See, before flying towards China for the slalom on 9 February, it will be the turn of the sextet that has just finished the Garmisch weekend. Bassino, Brignone and Curtoni, who we will see in giant, and with them the sisters Delago and Marsaglia, then projected on super-g and downhill tests.
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Downhill Male Replaces: 06.02.2022 Beijing (CHN)

1° Pos.FEUZ Beat

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2° Pos.CLAREY Johan

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3° Pos.MAYER Matthias

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Giant slalom Female Beijing (CHN)

1° Pos.HECTOR Sara

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3° Pos.GUT-BEHRAMI Lara

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