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Monday 28 November 2016 10 minutes reading time
Furthermore alpine skiing there had been two now classic prologues, the two giants of Sölden five weeks ago, and the two of Levi slalom two weeks ago and the blue teams had already collected two third places, that of Martha Bassino on Rettenbach and to Manfred Moelgg on Levi Black. But the weekend of female technical races in Killington, before a crowd ever so oceanic in the United States, marked the true beginning of the season for winter sports historically most popular in Italy.
But in the giant on the snows of Vermont, among other things on a short runway, not too steep, and on soft snow, which features all unwelcome customarily, the Italians have done a bang: five Italian in the first nine had never been seen not only in giant (last year in Soldeu there were five in the top ten including four in the top six and one, Federica Brignone, on the highest step of the podium), a total of eight arrived at the finish line, all of them within the twenty-third position . It 'true that the absences through injury are still many but you have to compete in the context in which we find ourselves and the giant even now is the female specialties where there is the strongest competition.
In the past we had the highest peaks in the specialty, as the two cups of Deborah Compagnoni and Denise Karbon, one grazed by Karen Putzer (by the way, congratulations for the technical comments on Eurosport!), And the tenders won by Sabina Panzanini, but a collective so numerous of potentially strong athletes probably would not have ever had. It is not a simple thing, but who writes these lines would always see these girls get down with the nastiness and the demonstrated Saturday hunger on a track and on a snow not exactly made for them.
But above all it's second podium in two races between the wide doors, about this time of sofia goggia that for just 2 cents denied an encore to Bassino. We remember the Bergamo in a hospital bed after one of his many, too many injuries, but always smiling and determined to arrive between Circus Pink big. And now among the big, at least in the giant, she is there, and having won the first podium in a specialty that is probably not his favorite, since it prefers downhill and especially the super-G, speaks volumes about the huge potential of this girl that has been evident since his first appearances in Great skiing, even if someone pretended not to see him. But now we have to leave her alone and not put pressure on him with a view of Lake Louise but above all we must hope it stays for a long time without getting hurt, in which case the Bergamo could take off a lot of satisfaction.
And what about Marta Bassino? We waited too early to summit, now giant came to us, and having her only 20 years its potential is yet to be discovered, plus his not knowing whether to be glad or sorry for fourth place for 2 cents from third is significant of the mindset that they are acquiring these girls. The same goes for Irene Curtoni, furious at the ninth and bad this year and determined, perhaps even more than last year, and even in the top ten slalom is not far off, having classified twelfth yesterday.
The new group of six multi-purpose blue the only one not yet to be on the podium is Francesca Marsaglia but also the Roman San Sicario can do it early, when they have even the fast races. the reverse can be said also for Elena Curtoni, already third in the final downhill in St. Moritz last March, the Valtellina last winter has been much better in the speed but the other day showed to be in good condition also giant in spite of the injury that has stuck for a little 'pre-season training. Manuela Moelgg is the hammer usually always on the attack, although for now, not much, while Nadia Fanchini already from last season is in obvious difficulty among the wide doors. Everything can change from one race for charity, but perhaps the fact of just focusing on speed no further straining his knees destroyed would be to begin to consider.
To this group is missing the victory and that can probably only come from Federica Brignone, that in two races of the season made for shrimp in the second round, perhaps for the desire to overdo it, retreating from fourth to ninth in Sölden and the third to the eighth Killington, final placements that for her are crumbs. It must hit two full rounds, as little more than a year ago on the Rettenbach and the podium comes mathematician, if not something more. We close the alpine skiing slalom talk with the women's sector, in which we will have to suffer again at least for another two or three years waiting for some young face advances. Just to mention two of the most promising: Carlotta Saracco and Lara Della Mea, both class 1999.
One can not make a mention of what happened in the first of two mixed relay teams played yesterday in Östersund, the most classic with two women and two men by country, biathlon, incredibly exciting sport that in Italy is becoming more and more popular. Italy clinched a beautiful third place with a decent LIsa Vittozzi, with beautiful Dorothea Wierer who finished in the lead the comeback from the eighth female fractions place, a sumptuous Lukas Hofer until after nine centers has not missed the last , whose error is arrived a little late, and there he lost concentration ricarcihe play wrong and ending up in the penalty loop. But the final masterpiece was Dominik Windisch, who, joined by Anton Shipulin, widely considered the best of all in the last lap, the beat in the sprint, as our Massimiliano Ambesi had predicted well before the two arrived at the finish line . In short, a start with a bang, which bodes well for the races this week.
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