Great classical for girls with the Cortina d'Ampezzo downhill

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The last weekend before the World Cup is one of the classics of the entire Women's World Cup. In Cortina d'Ampezzo are in fact staged Downhill and SuperG sull'Olimpia Tofane.

Friday 27 January 2017 7 minutes reading time

Cortina d'Ampezzo, the pearl of the Dolomites, is one of the most popular tourist resorts of the Alps. also famous as a ski resort, it hosted the Olympics in 1956 and the World Cup of 1932, an event that will organize in 2021. Entry into the calendar of the Women's World Cup in 1974, came out after two years and then return - and become regular event - since 1993. The track that from the 1956 Games hosting the Downhill races is the Olimpia delle Tofane, one of the most varied and complete the entire circuit. The departure, mail to 2320 meters, is followed by many fast corners, among which, the most famous is that of Pomedes refuge. After about 20 seconds you get the most spectacular section, that of the Tofane Schuss, beaten when girls reach up to 130 km / h which ends with the Duke of Aosta jump. The Stratofana is the next series of very demanding curves for both amplitude for that slope. After crossing the track Labyrinths, the Curva Grande precedes them the Scarpadon, essential not to lose speed in view of the long floor of Rumerlo. The eponymous diagonally enters the last part, the one that suits scivolatrici, however extremely challenging because of the undulations that put a strain on the athletic freshness girls. The finish line is placed at 1545 meters of altitude 2533 meters after the real show. In all, 34 editions of the Cortina downhill run so far Ampezzo and plurivincitrice palm up to Renate GÃ¶tschl, not surprisingly nicknamed Queen of the Tofane, who on this track he dominated in the early twenty-first century, winning by 5 times and going 11 times on the podium. However, from past GÃ¶tschl season was achieved by Lindsey Vonn, in turn won 5 times in this race although the podiums are "only" 10. The Olimpia delle Tofane consecrated all the greatest interpreters of the Downhill. Are in fact able to win at least once even Annemarie Moser-PrÃ¶ll, Katja Seizinger, Picabo Street, Maria HÃ¶fl-Riesch, Carole Montillet, Michaela Dorfmeister, Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin, in other words all girls in the career you are also graduates champions Olympic. The Descent of Cortina d'Ampezzo has often given satisfaction even to the color blue. Isolde Kostner has indeed triumphed 4 times, came 2 times second and one third time for 7 podiums. The home air took well to Daniela Merighetti, who won here 14 January 2012 his only race of the World Cup and finished third January 18, 2015, and Elena Fanchini, which was set on January 16 in 2015 on a track however halved due to bad weather. Italian podiums for Barbara Merlin, depending on January 22, 2005, and Daniela Ceccarelli, the third January 26, 2002 the only occasion that saw two blue together on the podium: second was in fact Kostner. It should also not forget the success of Paula Wiesinger dated February 4, 1932, which earned Italy the first medal ever at the Alpine World Ski Championships. Finally, it must remember the podium of the race that gave the Olympic title February 1, 1956: Madeleine Berthod gold, silver and bronze Frieda DÃ¤nzer Lucille Wheeler. The Descent of Cortina d'Ampezzo will be staged on Saturday, January 28 with departures scheduled for 10:30 am.

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