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"Domme" convinced: "In Cortina I was still missing something, I work to get back to the top". Michela and Doro: "You can't win every year, but in Beijing ...".
Thursday 15 July 2021 5 minutes reading time
A parade of stars, with Marta Bassino and Sofia Goggia in the front row with their gold flakes for the athlete and the exploit of the year, assigned to the Cuneo and Bergamo riders last night in Cortina d '' Ampezzo.
However, during the 4th edition of the “Gran Gala of snow and ice”, there was space for all the blue champions of the winter disciplines, including the two current reference points of Italian men's skiing. Both Dominik Paris and Luca De Aliprandini received, during the event organized by “La Gazzetta dello Sport”, the silver bow for the results obtained last season, for different reasons that were very special for both.
"Domme" is back on that stage a year later and with much more certainty, given the super return after injury to the Crusader. "Yes, I can say that it went very well like this, I'm really happy because I didn't expect it - explained the downhill skier from Val d''Ultimo, who returned to win in Garmisch - Especially in downhill I was competitive, while at the World Championships is not shot, but to get on the podium the details are fundamental and I still lacked something.
There is only work to get back to the top. The Olympic medal that I miss? It won't be easy, but the dream is there and the commitment to make it as well. We will talk about it in a few months ... ".
De Aliprandini is back in "his" Cortina, almost five months after the achievement of the silver in the world champion giant: "It's always nice to be here, as far as that day is concerned I can say that the head is freer than others colleagues was crucial, as was the targeted preparation of the previous period. Everything was just perfect and next season, starting from the top 7 in the world, I will try to improve even more ”.
Silver bow also awarded to Michela Moioli, who collected several second places in the last year, with the fourth World Cup almost close and the two world medals. And next season, the snowboard cross champion will aim for an Olympic encore in Beijing: "The goal is to get there in the best possible shape, it will be a great adventure and I always like to dream big". Olympics which will also be in the sights of Dorothea Wierer's rifle, which is missing only the five-circle title: "Last season was a complicated, tiring and strange season a bit 'for everyone - explained the beacon of the biathlon movement - I also lacked a bit of luck on the last shot, but winning the World Cup every year is impossible. Being sick before the World Cup took something away from me, but in the end I still got good results ”.
The new spouse Federico Pellegrino has returned to win a World Cup, that sprint. “I knew I had a great chance with the Norwegians who have stepped aside - the words of the Aosta Valley cross-country skier - Beijing is the next big goal, I'm certainly aiming for the medal in the sprint which will be in free technique. The results obtained in this race format last season give me great confidence ”.
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