Cortina 2021: super-g in the "dark", but the weather is improving. And tomorrow there will also be Vlhova

No skiing on the track, with Olympia delle Tofane and Vertigine blocked, but Peter Gerdol (head of the women's sector) is confident for what will be the first two world races. Livio Magoni has dissolved the reserve: Petra will compete to test the super-g in view of the combined to be rescheduled in the coming days.

Monday 8 February 2021 4 minutes reading time

From the canceled women's alpine combined to the two super-gs in the "dark" which, at this point, will open the world championship in Cortina 2021 on Tuesday. The weather should lend a hand, after what happened today with the snowfall that, from yesterday afternoon until early morning, forced the FIS to raise the white flag just over 3 hours before the opening round of the World Championships. More than anything else, the compactness of the coat was concerned because, as mentioned, it is not so much the quantity but the consistency of wet snow, with high temperatures, that prevents the setting up of quality tracks for an event like the world championship. Tomorrow, with the women engaged at 10.30 and the men at 13.00, we should compete regularly, as mentioned without references since skiing on the track has also been canceled for men, and it is a big problem since the "Vertigo" is unknown terrain for almost all athletes, with the exception of the Azzurri who played two years ago at the Italian championships, but let's talk about a relative experience. "It was a long night - said Peter Gerdol, FIS chief race director for the women's circuit, at the" Kronen Zeitung "- For the two super-gs, the weather forecast is promising, it shouldn't snow until tomorrow afternoon and I'm confident ". From Thursday the temperatures should be lowered with a general improvement and, on that day dedicated to the downhill tests, it is thought to be able to place the women's combined canceled today (otherwise it would remain only the day of rest on Monday 15, but there is a risk to go too far). A decision by the FIS on the matter is expected soon, while in the meantime Livio Magoni informed us that Petra Vlhova's participation in the super-g has been defined. At first, it would have been decided whether or not to participate only after today's combined, but at this point the Slovakian team opted to take to the track tomorrow as Petra needs to taste the Olympia delle Tofane especially from a combined perspective . Where, returning to the classic super-g plus slalom scheme, without the disadvantage linked to the bib number that he would have had today (as well as Shiffrin) with the combined weather-turned, will certainly be one of the great favorites for the gold medal.

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