Snowboard cross: the statements of the Blues

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The voices of the protagonists blue men's snowboard cross after the race today in Sochi.

Tuesday 18 February 2014 3 minutes reading time

At the end of the race boardercross male, won by Frenchman Paul Vaultier, the athletes and the dt Cesare Pisoni have issued statements to the website of the Federal Fisi. Here's what they told: Luca Matteotti - "In the final I started pretty well, then I ended up too long on a jump and landing'' in the foot before I succumbed. Know that I had on this snow must not make this mistake, it was my mistake. I should have done a more rapid movement of the foot to cut the jump.'' It was a great race, full of contacts. Falls with this snow are all'' order of the day, who was standing came in background and were more likely to go through. I did not think to get a medal but for strength to give 100% and the chances were'' c. disappointment will prevail in the next few days, then I will understand that snowboarding is especially fun and start again from scratch.'m a professional, when things go wrong you need to go forward and do not give too much importance to disappointments. " Thomas Leoni - "'' It was a great experience, my goal was to reach at least the semi-finals but did not make'' I made it, after all it was a very difficult race in these conditions." Emanuel PERATHONER - "This is a bloody trail for me. Three drops in a few days they are many, even this morning I fell into the heating run and I took a nasty blow to the chest, I struggle to breathe, and the doctor advised me to not starting. " Cesare Pisoni: "Competition tough from the first round, with many favorites on the eve left the scene immediately. We tried, we deserved better luck. Unfortunately Visintin fell in the semifinals and I am convinced that under these conditions it could have been stronger in the big final. Matteotti has proven to be the best'' s height, unfortunately he suffers these race conditions because it is more leggerino than others. "

Alessandro Gennari

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