Ughi-Essoh, Margaglio and Bagnis graduated from Cortina with Italian champions

Ughi-Essoh, Margaglio e Bagnis si laureano a Cortina campioni italiani di spinta
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Ughi-Essoh, Margaglio and Bagnis graduated from Cortina with Italian champions

Great show in the thrusting piston of Fiames in Cortina d'Ampezzo where today the Italian Bob and Skeleton thrust championships have been staged.

The sporting event organized optimally by the Bob Club Cortina in collaboration with the Italian Winter Sports Federation and Services of Cortina Ampezzo saw the start of all the best Italian athletes of the two disciplines of the gut, but it was also an excellent opportunity to bring closer to bobsleds and skeleton sportsmen coming from other sports. The FISI has in fact decided to relaunch the Italian movement by deciding to make "system", or trying to unite in a common project the interests of federation, military sports groups and various bob clubs. A strategy in which the Federal Councilor with responsibility for bobsleigh and skeleton Stefano Longo strongly believes, "It is essential that military bodies, federations and sports clubs move in the same direction to restart the movement - these are the words of Longo who He added - This event was an important starting point for the relaunch of the two disciplines: here in Cortina, besides the athletes of the national teams, many of the young people we recruited took part in the last few weeks and come from other sports sectors. the right direction to guarantee a rosy future for the Italian bob and skeleton. " The day of competitions opened with the two men's bobsled competition on the distance of one run which saw the participation of crews whose composition was defined by drawing lots. The Italian title went to the new partnership formed by Costantino Ughi (CS Aeronautica Militare) and newcomer Alexi Atchori Essoh (Bob Club Cortina) athlete from multiple tests of track and field that has approached the bob only in the past weeks. Second and third position for two crews of the Fiamme Azzurre Sports Group, with Patrick Baumgartner and Mattia Variola second only 4 thousandths from the winners, and Fontana-Boni third at 46 thousandths from Ughi-Essoh. In the female skeleton a clear affirmation for the favorite of the eve Valentina Margaglio (GS Fiamme Azzurre). The Piemontese of a good 202 thousandths Alessia Crippa and 258 thousandths the ex-astudist Elena Scarpellini (Aeronautica Militare). Among the men in absentia of the leader of the movement Mattia Gaspari still struggling with a slow recovery from the Achilles tendon injury, surprising debutante Amedeo Bagnis (Bob Club Cortina) victory that despite the very poor knowledge of the skeleton, instrument with he only made contact a few days before, he managed to put behind the most titled Manuel Schwaerzer (ASV Gitschberg) and the other rookie Pietro Augusto Drovanti (Bob Club Cortina) separated respectively by 56 and 88 thousandths. Among the successful companies in the skeleton for the Bob Club Cortina, in the bob instead affirmation for the Sports Center of the Italian Air Force. Bob RankClassic Skeleton RankingClassic Skeleton RankClassified Skeleton CompanyClassification Company bob
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