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Balance of the three races of Lake Louise that opened the season of speed: the Olympic champion, between Sankt Moritz and Val d''Isère, is immediately called for redemption.
Monday 9 December 2019 6 minutes reading time
If Dominik Paris was the only Italian to bring podiums (two second places) at home in the men's national budget, as far as the first seven World Cup races are concerned, Italy can certainly smile in a female field far more convincing for the quality of the tips available in various disciplines.
Four Italians have already collected a top 3 each (and in three different specialties), with Bassino winning in Killington, Brignone second in the same race and the couple formed by Francesca Marsaglia and Nicol Delago, able to catch a third place respectively downhill and a second in super-g in the last two races of Lake Louise.
There will not be any isolated high notes, those of the Piedmontese of adoption and of the Gardena that, even if with completely different characteristics, have the quality to gamble on at least two disciplines (difficult for Marsaglia to fight in the top five zone in a specialty as rich as the giant) . The solidity of Federica Brignone is one of the greatest guarantees for the group of Gianluca Rulfi, just think that the Valdostana is already the best overall in the blue (sixth with 161 points) and has collected heavy points between super-g and giant, without participating in the descents of Lake Louise and with the great regret related to the Killington slalom.
If the return of Elena Curtoni, after the umpteenth injury, it was more than positive with two 18th places downhill and the 16th in super-g, where Nadia Delago has collected 4 punticini in her long path of growth, the note negative of the long weekend in Alberta responds to the name of Sofia Goggia.
From the downhill Olympics, it is useless to deny it, we expected much more than the 6th and 12th place gleaned in the two descents, before the exit in a super-g in which there was space, and how, for place yourself behind Viktoria Rebensburg and take home a podium that would have given great confidence. It is true, perhaps the "Men''s Olympic" is not the favorite track of the 27-year-old from Bergamo, who in Canada did not compete last year due to injury, in December 2017 took a sixth and two ninth places, while in the vintage magic of the 13 podiums (2016/17), however, obtained a second place in descent and a third in super.g.
The condition is there, as demonstrated in the giant performance in Killington, now it is necessary to find the feeling with speed starting from the super-g next Saturday in Sankt Moritz, since to play the crystal balls in the two specialties is necessary not to lose further ground in the December races (on the 21st there will be the descent of Val d''Isère), even if everything will be decided from the end of January onwards. On Wednesday Sofia will already be in the Engadine, after today's return from Calgary where her suitcase remained.
No, it wasn't exactly the ideal trip.
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