L'Italia del biathlon dalle Alpi alle Ande: il racconto della spedizione dell'Esercito a Portillo

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The 'biathlon Italy from the Alps to the Andes: the story of the expedition dell''Esercito Portillo

On August Thierry Chenal, Thomas Bormolini and Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz - & nbsp; accompanied by expedition leader Marco Jerusel - have flown literally from the Alps to the Andes to reach the Chilean and participate in the XV international championship ski sport military where the Blues have collected 6 medals and more importantly, how to keep specify, & ldquo and we are enriched by the human point of view & rdquo ;.

Tuesday 26 August 2014 12 minutes reading time

[In the photo, from left to right: Thierry Chenal, Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz, Thomas Bormolini and Sergeant Major Marco Jerusel] The event will & egrave; held at the Escuela Militar de Monta & ntilde; Portillo in a & rsquo; altitude similar to that of the Stelvio Pass (2,700 meters) and the shipping blue, wholly funded by the State greater than the & rsquo; Army & egrave; now become a tradition in respect of the bond d & rsquo; friendship that binds more than 60 years & rsquo; Italian army to that of Chile. Ren & eacute; Laurent Vuillermoz wanted to explain the genesis of the synergy between the two armies: & ldquo; In our popular culture, the mountains are a place to explore and spend time. But in Chile there is this mentality & agrave; and indeed the Mountain & egrave; considered a danger to be avoided. Immediately after the Second World War l & rsquo; Chilean army had the need & agrave; to create a military school in the high mountains, but because of the culture of the place was completely devoid of know-how in this field. So it rests & ograve; the Alpine Military School in Aosta, the military school for alpine excellence. With the passing of years & egrave; created a bond is still very strong & rdquo;. & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Strong enough to push the representatives of the Army Sports Centre to face a 21-hour trip from Milan to Santiago via Paris, then up to Portillo with the Jeep made available by & rsquo; Chilean army. & Ldquo; & S igrave ;, but compared to the 2012 transfer to the site of the competitions & egrave; state pi & ugrave; short and decidedly less adventurous & rdquo; - Tells Chenal - & ldquo; perch & eacute; Quest & rsquo; year the soldiers came with two pickups, loaded our suitcases treating us like royalty and in a & rsquo, and now we got. Instead they gave us two years ago included a broken-down truck, probably dating from the second world war, and to reach Portillo took us 4 hours! & Rdquo; Once on site the first few days have not been easy because Ã© ;, always explains the twenty-two valdostano, & ldquo; All & rsquo; beginning of the portion you felt and how, with the wind did a little & rsquo; effort. In addition, due to the strong winds could not shoot, so we limited ourselves to ski. To & ograve; we still trained well, the track was in good condition and c & rsquo; was a gym where the exercises required. Then we got used to the & rsquo; deep sea and the wind & egrave; dropped, so we came back in normality & agrave; & rdquo ;. The competitive value of the event allows time finding and Italians, only Europeans present, have had easy game to overcome Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Chenal has realized the & ldquo; & rdquo ;, treble by winning the medal d & rsquo; gold in all three competitions played (individual, sprint and mass start) while Bormolini got three silvers. & Ldquo; igrave ;, S & treble. Actually & agrave; vaccum & rsquo, I let him do, and he does not know Thierry & rdquo; jokes Thomas & ldquo; perch & eacute; in the mass start & Outdoors; polygon last had hit a target that is not & egrave; closed. To & ograve; I was wrong in not doing, however, the round of penalty payment agrave; so I cut the line first, but my time has been taken off the 21 & rdquo; hit the target and at the same time added 2 minutes of the ride did not & rdquo ;. Summing up the results of 2014 with those of 2012, the medal of Chenal & egrave; of 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals while the Bormolini & egrave; 4 silvers. & Ldquo, I believe! & Rdquo; exclaims the Valtellina & ldquo; schiappetta in 2012 was the group. In fact, when I learned in July to go to Chile, I laughed and I said to myself & lsquo; But damn, I really l & rsquo; army wants to focus on me? I, who have been the pi & ugrave; poor and I made a medal in four races? & rsquo ;. In this regard, I must say that & egrave; was fortunate to go there because & eacute; we had fun, we had a nice group. We trained well and & egrave; was a & rsquo; experience from which we came out enriched perch & eacute; continue to talk about it even today. We did a lot of mischief and very tied with other nations & rdquo ;. For all three the Italian representatives & egrave; was the second trip to South America, but if Chenal and Bormolini are back in Chile from athletes after 2 years of their first participation, Vuillermoz has instead made his comeback in Latin America in the role of technician after competing in the & rsquo; become far 1999. question then arises. There tornereste a third time? & Ldquo; Damn! Immediately! & Rdquo; Thomas responds. The reason it says Thierry: & ldquo; & ograve you can not; believe how humble and polite people. L & agrave; are ready to help you, love you, treat you well, make you realize that you're welcome. We remembered what should be the way of dealing with life, why & eacute; we the people are becoming too rude and ignorant & rdquo ;. The Italian expedition has also experienced a & rsquo; picturesque experience while visiting there & ntilde; del Mar, the pi & ugrave; great port of & rsquo; Latin America on & rsquo; Pacific Ocean, made on the day of recovery. A & tell egrave; Bormolini: & ldquo; All & rsquo; lunch time we walked into a restaurant. They brought me, Thierry and Mark on the one hand, while Ren & eacute; & Egrave; finished by a & rsquo; another. They thought that we were not in the same group. When Ren & egrave; Instead we tried to reach understood that in reality & agrave; in the same room c & rsquo; were 5 restaurants in competition with each other and each of them was distinguished by the color of the tablecloth spread on the table! In fact, only then we noticed the name on the wall of the restaurant and that c & rsquo; were five small kitchens where prepared dishes. On our side c & rsquo; was cohesion, who ran our row was a friend of the opposite. Instead, it was clear that what was basically at war with the others & rdquo ;. Arises a & rsquo; another question. Not egrave &; that you ended up unwittingly in & rsquo; Chilean edition of Hell & rsquo, s Kitchen? & Ldquo, No! You must be joking! It was all true! Stuff you would not believe! & Rdquo ;. Returning to & rsquo; sporty look, Ren & eacute; points out that in Chile issues were addressed even in winter function: & ldquo; We took it as a test to verify the work done to pull in these months. Regarding Chenal you & egrave; confirmed the trend of & rsquo; winter improvement on the ground, and standing in the speed & agrave; execution. Instead Bormolini has had its ups and downs, but his feelings are very positive. So I think that & rsquo; outcome was good and by my c & rsquo; & egrave; Satisfaction & rdquo;. & nbsp; At the end of the & rsquo; adventure, August 14, all of the blue claiming to be left reluctantly & ldquo; perch & eacute; we had in the classic melancholy that you have every time you must say goodbye to someone you & egrave; created a beautiful relationship. And why & eacute; in Chile we have experienced a & rsquo; rejuvenating experience from the human point of view & rdquo ;. & Nbsp;

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