With the inversion of the races in Jasna, Bassino renounces the slalom: "I only think of the giant"

It will start with the race between the narrow posts, as fog is expected in Slovakia on Saturday too, and so there will be only three Italians in the race tomorrow. Brignone: "I just want to go fast".

Friday 5 March 2021 4 minutes reading time

The inversion of the women's technical competitions scheduled for Jasna's weekend lead to a renunciation in Italy, in the logic of aiming only at the goal of prematurely closing the games for the specialty World Cup. Marta Bassino, therefore, will not participate in the slalom on Saturday, anticipated by one day (with heats always at 9.30 and 12.30, since the fog should not affect this race too much) with the displacement of "her" giant to Sunday morning, and tomorrow at the starting gate only Irene Curtoni, Martina Peterlini and Federica Brignone will show up for the Italian team. "I presented myself in Slovakia with the idea of participating in two races, but at this point I prefer to concentrate only on Sunday's race which could be decisive - the words of the Cuneo woman to physi.org - We are in the final stages of the season, the strength is starting to fail, but I prepared this appointment with my companions in Passo San Pellegrino and did a few training laps in these two days, the snow was well prepared and the ground was perfect. I'm still skiing well, this is a track with a medium gradient where you have to quickly pick up speed to make a difference and keep it until the end. I don't have the anxiety of wanting to close the discussion in terms of specialty classification, it all depends on me and this is a great advantage over the competition, it helps me to remain calm and think exclusively about my performance ". Federica Brignone, collected the success number 16 of her career with the seal in the super-g last Sunday in Val di Fassa, in Jasna will therefore start from the slalom as a "warm-up" towards the giant on Sunday. "Five years ago I finished third in this race, yesterday when I took the chairlift I felt like I didn't recognize the track - explains the Aosta Valley woman on the eve of the Slovakian races - As far as I remember, it is a track with no steep slopes, there are many bumps and curves were spinning a lot, I had done two regular heats. I have good memories of this location, here I took my first podium in the European Cup in 2009 with second place. I present myself with the same ambition shown in Val di Fassa, that is to bring the best ski to the track and go as fast as possible. I have no goal in terms of results, but I just think about going as fast as possible ”.

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