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The slalom in Bormio, last race of the World Cup 1994-95, & egrave; an end in itself: Alberto Tomba has gi & agrave; mathematically won both the crystal ball that the absolute specialty & agrave ;, therefore l & rsquo; outcome of this test & egrave; valid only for statistics.
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Yet c & rsquo; & egrave; to celebrate a champion capable of bringing the World Cup Alpine Skiing in Italy vent & rsquo; years after the fourth triumph of Gustav Th & ouml; ni, that's Tomb & egrave; l & rsquo; coach. In Bormio coming cos & Igrave; hundreds of thousands of fans from all over Italy, also from the southern regions that until a few years before were interested in everything fuorch & eacute; winter sports. & Egrave; This is perhaps the most & ugrave; great success of Alberto Tomba, be able to expand the pool of skiers, enough to force the RAI to stop the Sanremo Festival in 1988 to attend his Olympic triumph in slalom in Valtellina and gather an audience that even in stadiums Calcium & egrave; ever seen in Italy.
Unfortunately the race in s & eacute; does not go as expected: a Tomb exhaust and tired mounts after a few doors of the first heat, leaving the way open to Ole Christian Furuseth winning in front of reviving Thomas Stangassinger and Yves Dimier, with Jure Ko & scaron; ir again protagonist in negative time to close only the thirteenth, a result that allows G & uuml; nther Mader to finish second in the overall standings of the World Cup. Seventh place of Fabio De Crignis is the best season of & rsquo; and other Italian & egrave; an encouraging sign for the future; but of what happened from the competitive point of view is of little or nothing to anyone.
Tomb, a true showman, delight the thousands of fans who came down in his honor at the end of the second heat in shorts and tank top, presenting cos & Igrave; Also at the awards ceremony. His numbers are astounding: 12 races completed in the season, 11 wins and a fourth place; 7 slalom won consecutively (9 if you consider the last two of the previous season, an absolute record in this specialty & agrave;), 8 races won consecutively when he participated, fourth cup of specialty & agrave; career in both slalom and in the giant, all & rsquo; second time ever in both behind Stenmark. If we add the way we won & ndash; detachments sidereal or tight to but with circus acts that the history books do not report & ndash; we can understand the greatness of a character who probably will not meet again in Italy pi & ugrave; on a ski slope, especially from the media point of view.
Closes cos & Igrave; World Cup 1994-95, dominated not only by Tomba but from & rsquo; whole if Italy & egrave; true that Peter Runggaldier you & egrave; won the cup super-G and Kristian Ghedina has touched the descent. A unique season for our colors, so that there would be cursing the heat that has prevented the Sierra Nevada to host regular world championships. The fate restituir & agrave; our kids what they took away: one year pi & ugrave; Later fact Ghedina conquer & agrave; l & rsquo; silver down, shut Tomb & agrave; the circle triumphing in both giant slalom and l & rsquo; Italy, thanks to the gold of Isolde Kostner in super-G and Deborah Compagnoni in giant conquer & agrave; the medals for the first and only time in history. A & rsquo; era unrepeatable for all alpine skiing blue, that after the withdrawal of their star players & egrave; plunged into a crisis not so much of talent but of interest from an audience that perhaps he had grown accustomed too well.
SLALOM BORMIO March 19, 1995 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. & nbsp; Ole Christian Furuseth (NOR) 1: 40.99 2. Stangassinger Thomas (AUT) +0.26 3. DIMIER Yves (FRA) +0.87 4. SYKORA Thomas (AUT) +0.93 5. GIRARDELLI Marc (LUX) + 0.97 & hellip; 7. DE Crignis Fabio (ITA) +1.10
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WORLD CUP SLALOM MEN 1994-95 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. TOMB Alberto (ITA) 700 2. Michael Tritscher (AUT) 477 3. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) 405 4. Ole Christian Furuseth (NOR) 401 5. REITER Mario (AUT) 341
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WORLD CUP ALPINE SKIING MALE 1994-95 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. TOMB Alberto (ITA) 1150 2. MADER G & uuml; nther (AUT) 775 3. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) 760 4. GIRARDELLI Marc (LUX) 744 5. & Aring; modt Kjetil Andre (NOR) 708
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Here the 'list of all the races of the World Cup 1994-95 & nbsp;
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