Michela Moioli bronze in snowboard cross at the Sierra Nevada World!

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First medal for Italy at the World Championships in Sierra Nevada snowboarding thanks to Michela Moioli.

Sunday 12 March 2017 3 minutes reading time

The 21 year old from Bergamo Alzano Lombardo has indeed won the bronze medal in snowboard cross, confirming the same metal in Kreischberg won two years ago. Gold, like two years ago as well as in 2005, in 2007 and in 2011, went to the immense champion by the name of Lindsey Jacobellis, the US 31-year old beat the final order in the French Chloe Trespeuch, silver, Moioli, Bulgaria's Alexandra Jekova, the other French Marion Petit and the other blue Raffaella Brutto, vist to get to the final but fell a few meters from the finish when he was playing the bronze with her teammate. The silver two years ago, the French Nelly Moenne-LOCCOZ, won the consolation final in which fell the great favorite of the vigil, the Czech Olympic champion in office Eva SamkovÃ¡, over ground also in the semifinals. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the third blue, Sofia Belingheri. Before the first world gold medal and career, believe it or not, for the French Olympic champion Pierre Vaultier, that in the final has lined Spanish home favorite Lucas Eguibar, Australian Alex Pullin, the American Nick Baumgartner, the Duncan Campbell of New Zealand and Australian Adam Lambert. Only a blue landed the semifinals, the leader of the Omar Visintin specialties World Cup, but has missed out on crucial challenge and finished third in the consolation final. The other blue Emanuel Perathoner, Thomas Leoni and the outgoing world champion Luca Matteotti were eliminated in the quarterfinals, Lorenzo Sommariva in the second round.

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