Fanchini: "I beat Lindsey, the strongest ever." Merighetti: "Happy to retire cos

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Fanchini: "I beat Lindsey, the strongest ever." Merighetti: "Happy to retire cos

Taken from & nbsp; fis-ski.com and & nbsp; fisi.org the first three statements classified the women's downhill of & nbsp World Cup; La Thuile, a historic descent to the 'Italy also because & eacute; & nbsp; Daniela Merighetti made official what that on other occasions he had announced, and this & egrave; We ritirer & agrave; at the end of the season.

Nadia Fanchini: "I have no words, & egrave; been too good. Yesterday I seemed to have reached the maximum, today I knew I could do a good race and I was thinking to join the 5:00 to 6:00, however I did an extraordinary thing, I did not think of go cos & igrave; well. the opponents had a great desire for revenge and had been able to study the appropriate lines, instead we got better us Italian. I gave my heart, leaving I had a little '' fear of the wind, but in the end all & egrave ; smoothly. Hitting one supercampionessa as Lindsey Vonn has given me great satisfaction, I was almost ashamed to myself placed in front of her that & egrave; the pi & ugrave; strong of all time, tomorrow c '' & egrave; a super-G where the party can memorize options ; continue. i want to congratulate Daniela Merighetti, & egrave; been able to live un''altra great day after the many physical problems that has lived in recent times. " Lindsey Vonn: & rdquo; I did not see the time, so I was a bit '' confused because & eacute; I did not know that placement. I was pi & ugrave; relieved to have arrived at the bottom that worried about my position and s & igrave ;, was difficult perhaps to see my emotions, but I'm definitely happy and relieved at the same time. And '' nice to have won the cup before the finals and & egrave; It was also good for my confidence in myself. You know I was a little '' unsure of myself after yesterday, sometimes & egrave; hard to completely trust themselves but now the 'I did. I attacked and I have not skied perfectly, but I'm really happy with my second place. I am also happy to be on the podium with two Italian in Italy. And '' really fun and everyone is excited. I think it's really nice to ski racing and I hope that we will return to compete again here in La Thuile. " Daniela Merighetti: "I wanted to do well in at least one race before I retire after this season, even in Garmisch two weeks ago I was doing very well, then I & egrave error; cost a lot behind the podium position. To memorize options are a lioness, I never gave up even though many injuries I could not break down. Today I only thought to attack and never give up, never mind if I wrong ... instead & egrave; went well, & egrave; the best way to make up for my past sufferings . Close cos & igrave; my career & egrave; the perfect way, it makes me happy and proud of what I did. Perhaps, the fourth places of Sochi & egrave; what gnaws me most & ugrave ;, because & eacute; I could enrich my palmares with an important medal. I Mancher & agrave; especially the 'adrenaline of the race, but now I know that & egrave; the right time to put an end to my career. I still want to do well until the end of the season. "
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1° Pos.FANCHINI Nadia

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2° Pos.VONN Lindsey

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