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With the promotion & nbsp; in the Serie A continental & egrave; newcomer also guaranteed to participate at least at the Olympic qualifying tournament in 2017. The victory in the Challenge has opened the doors of the World in Canada held in March where Claudia Alver & agrave; festegger & agrave; a record pi & ugrave; quite unique: on track from grandmother to 49 years
Tuesday 1 December 2015 5 minutes reading time
The 'last miracle of winter sports in our house is called Tofane Curling Club. The women's team Cortina d' Ampezzo, who represented the 'Italy to the recent European Championships in Esbjerg, the success in the tournament series B matched in one hit the pass for the next World Cup in Canada in 2016 and the Olympic qualifying tournament of 2017. Crucial & egrave; It was the victory to the best of 3 games with Norway in the Challenge.
2015 by Chiara Oliveri, Maria Gaspari, mother Claudia Alver & agrave; and daughters Giorgia and Federica Apollonio & egrave; It was a year to be framed. After suffering in the two previous seasons internal competition the team led by the Piedmont skip Veronica Zappone, the Tofane McGegor you & egrave; He took revenge with interest: regained the Italian title and the challenge for the European championships, both played in the Cembra Valley.
In Denmark, the debut skip to the European level, the pi & ugrave; young of Apollonius, he signed one of the companies most & ugrave; beautiful in the history of curling Italian: the only team of Diana Gaspari has indeed spit do the same in 2002, and then up all''argento Continental in 2006.
Lost the game debut with the 'England, the Tofane no more & ugrave; granted almost nothing. Very important & egrave; It was the comeback in the ninth session of the group with the Czech Republic. After the 6-5 defeat against Poland, who stopped a streak of four wins, the Italians, trailing by 3 points, they ended up beating the 7-5 opponents who at that time were at the top.
With Turkey have done even better by winning the 'extra end with the second coat stolen consecutive for the final 6-5. In order not to miss anything even the final of the series B with the Czech, won 7-6, & egrave; was decided to & ldquo; extra & rdquo; with, this time, the 'last stone available.
That of the Tofane & egrave; un''impresa worth twice as parallel to the sporting career women players have to advance work, unlike what happens in other national rivals, supported economically by an Olympic program that makes fledged professional teams or semi-professional . In Italy in winter sports, curling & egrave; the 'only discipline in Five circles which moreover can not & ograve; not even benefit from the valuable system of enrollment of military forces
What's more the Cortina had to do without their most player & ugrave; expert-level Europeans, with 5 shares. Giorgia Apollonio fact & egrave; pregnant. This means that Claudia Alver & agrave; (Second from the right in the '') Establish yourself & agrave; a sort of primacy in the World Championships in Swift Current coming down the track in the role of grandmother to 49 years. His story is well the sport of curling, which often see all''opera quartets composed in part by brothers and relatives in general. The case of the family Alver & agrave; for & ograve; & Egrave; pi & ugrave; quite unique in the landscape of the game of stone and Italian sport.
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