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Saturday and Sunday the two giants of Kranjska Gora: "This snow will not forgive", explains the Cuneo woman on the eve. Brignone: "We will start even higher, it will be a great challenge on the wall". And Goggia also promises battle.
Friday 15 January 2021 5 minutes reading time
The appointment with the fourth and fifth giant of the Women's World Cup stands out on the horizon and has the profile of a "Podkoren" from Kranjska Gora who already appeared today, for the traditional skiing on the slope, in snow conditions very hard, so much so that Livio Magoni himself, Petra Vlhova's coach, defined it as “live ice”.
Conditions that please the blue, highly anticipated after the two victories of Marta Bassino between Soelden and Courchevel 1, as well as Federica Brignone second in the last giant concluded in Courchevel, given that Semmering stopped everything after the first heat, and at Sofia Goggia herself last Italian on the podium in the Slovenian race (which she replaces Maribor as last year), third in 2018.
On Saturday and Sunday we will also see Elena Curtoni, Laura Pirovano, Roberta Melesi, Roberta Midali, Valentina Cillara Rossi and Luisa Bertani at the starting gate. “I feel ready, we trained well in the past few days in Cortina - Bassino explains toisi.org on the eve - I still have in mind the release of the second giant from Courchevel when I was really close to another great result. In Semmering then I was there (second, ed) and the second heat was not disputed, so there is a great desire for revenge.
The slope of Kranjska Gora is challenging, with snow that does not admit mistakes, full of bumps and an initial bump that can already make a difference ”.
Federica Brignone, a red bib with a 5-point margin in the specialty ranking on her teammate, analyzes: "The track is very beautiful, the organizers have raised the start of at least seven gates, so let's start halfway through the men's wall and it will be a nice challenge because the track is vibrant, with a tough and hard snow. You have to stay well above your feet, otherwise you will slip away.
The bumps are accentuated, different races await us compared to previous years. Being so hard it will be necessary to fight to the end, the first heat will be all in the dark, so it represents a further unknown. In short, it will be fun ”.
Sofia Goggia: “This morning we did two laps, the track is really hard, very barred, it has good grip but the ski crashes a lot. Having a good number of starts on this occasion doesn't count for a lot, because the track is very hard and all the starters will have the chance to hit a good time. In Kranjska Gora I got my last giant podium in 2018: after some time with uncertain performances in this specialty, I'm returning to a good level and I want to grow further ".
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