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After two weeks of enforced break due to the cancellation of the world of the Sierra Nevada, the World Cup starts from 1994-95 Japan. A Furano are scheduled the last races before the finals in Bormio techniques that could close almost mathematically fight for the crystal ball.
Thursday 19 February 2015 6 minutes reading time
L & rsquo; atmosphere in Japan & egrave; the pi & ugrave; sad, and not for the non-party rainbow: Thomas Fogd & ouml ;, one of the pi & ugrave; great rivals of Tomb between the posts narrow, is fighting for life in hospital. During a workout in fact the Swede & egrave; ended up against a tree, bringing several fractures including a spine. After a few days Fogd & ouml; will ensue & agrave; out of danger, but will & agrave; sentenced to spend the rest of his days in a wheelchair. Drama therefore l & rsquo; ending the career of a young man of only twenty-five years had already & agrave; demonstrated several times to be able to fight on par with the pi & ugrave; great Italian slalom skier of all time. Today Fogd & ouml; still works in the ski world: & egrave; psychologist Andre Myhrer, the slalom which in effect & egrave; become his heir in the burgeoning Swedish school.
Despite the drama of Fogd & ouml ;, the White Circus goes on, and Japan is a land bitter for Alberto Tomba. L & rsquo; Emilian fact bestrides in half & agrave; the first run when boasted the best time, thus breaking a series of 9 slalom won consecutively (the last two of the previous season and the seven of the current one). A bit & rsquo; fatigue and a challenge to the law of large numbers that sooner or later it had to lose in the discipline pi & ugrave; at risk of Alpine skiing still not put in danger the coveted crystal ball, saw the & rsquo; huge advantage in the overall standings. No danger even as regards the cup of specialty & agrave ;, gi & agrave; arithmetically conquered after the slalom in Wengen.
To settle on the throne left vacant by Tomba & egrave; Michael Tritscher: l & rsquo; Austrian, the pi & ugrave; constant during the rest of the world & rsquo; entire arc of the season, back to win four years after his first and only time until then, the slalom Hafjell in March 1991. According & egrave; compatriot Mario Reiter, the first podium of his career, the third Norwegian Ole Christian Furuseth. Only fourth Jure Ko & scaron; ir, which fails to exploit the & rsquo; error Tomb to climb for the first time this season on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium despite the best time at the end of the first run. It is confirmed among the first as a future champion Sébastien Amiez fifth, while the big World Cup Girardelli, Von Gr & uuml; NiGen and & Aring; modt ending respectively sixth, seventh and ninth. Amid Fabio De Crignis, leading for the first time in the season & rsquo; other Italian & ndash; a team whose difficulty & agrave; were always hidden by the presence of a class that is born every 100 years & ndash; in the top ten. A point also Angelo Weiss eighteenth and twenty-first Norman Bergamelli.
Zero gleaned not change the cards on the table: Tomb remains firmly in the lead of the general classification of the World Cup with 1050 points against 620 Ko & scaron; ir and 603 of Girardelli. The next day & egrave; planning a giant - originally scheduled the day before, but slipped because of bad weather - which represents the & rsquo; last test technique before the finals in Bormio, a month off that servir & agrave; to sample from Emilia to recharge the batteries in view of the likely party on home snow.
SLALOM FURANO February 19, 1995 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. & nbsp; Michael Tritscher (AUT) 1: 47.94 2. REITER Mario (AUT) +0.72 3. Ole Christian Furuseth (NOR) +1.39 4. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) +1.79 5. Stangassinger Thomas (AUT ) +1.84 & hellip; 7. DE Crignis Fabio (ITA) +2.61
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