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Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) - The beautiful track Podkoren3 Kranjska Gora hosts the'' last weekend's World Cup Alpine skiing Women's ahead of the Games in Sochi and recovers the races canceled in Maribor, Slovenia always, due to lack of snow. Particularly now that is ... smile, because in Kranjska instead of snow there now n'' is too much (more than a meter drop), the forecasts are not good for tomorrow (cloudy), and therefore it is possible / probable that at least one of the two tests is not provided disputed. The program has been amended several times and then remains the same as originally planned. In any case, a sin, especially if it were to be canceled the giant, since more than a month do not compete among the wide doors. For the'' Italian'' c'' is the debut ever in the World Cup of 17 year old Marta Bassino, fresh from their success in the European Cup in Sestriere giant. Absence'' s last hour for Sabrina Fanchini.
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Kranjska Gora, legendary place for downhill skiing, especially for men, is a town of 5:29 inhabitants of the north-western Slovenia, on the border with Italy and Austria, not far from Tarvisio. Located in the Julian Alps and the Caravanche and is known primarily as a ski resort and recreation area, as well as a popular casino. It hosts an annual event of the World Cup Alpine Skiing, known as Larix Cup, with a slalom and a giant slalom for men. In this case retrieve the Golden Fox Trophy female, which usually takes place in Maribor, a town located well to the east of the country. Renowned springboard for skiing (Letalnica) is located in the neighboring valley of the Tamar, Planica.
In the history of the Women's World Cup have been played five and seven giant slalom on the slopes of Kranjska Gora in Slovenia.
Almost always these technical events were held in the village of Upper Carniola replacing those canceled in the same season in Maribor and thus, snow permitting, it will be again this year. Here are the podium of the World Cup races scheduled over the weekend played in the past in Kranjska Gora (in the photo, the giant of the podium two years ago with Federica Brignone second).
Hall of Fame female giant Kranjska Gora
25.01.1976 1. Lise-Marie Morerod (Swi) 2. Rosi Mittermaier (Ger) 3. Bernadette Zurbriggen (Swi)
30.01.1988 1. Mateja Svet (Jug) 2. Vreni Schneider (Swi) 3. Blanca Fernández Ochoa (Spa) and Anita Wachter (Aut)
01.11.1991 1. Vreni Schneider (Swi) 2. Nataša bokal (Jug) 3. Petra Kronberger (AUT)
06/01/2007 1. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 2. Nicole Gius (Ita) 3. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin)
21/01/2012 1. Tessa Worley (FRA) 2. Federica Brignone (Ita) 3. Viktoria Rebensburg (Ger)
Hall of Fame women's slalom in Kranjska Gora
01.26.1976 1. Lise-Marie Morerod (Swi) 2. Rosi Mittermaier (Ger) 3. Queen Sackl (Aut)
01/12/1983 1. Erika Hess (Swi) 2. Tamara McKinney (USA) 3. Małgorzata Tlałka (Pol)
01.31.1988 1. Mateja Svet (Jug) 2. Vreni Schneider (Swi) and Roswitha Steiner (Aut)
01.12.1991 1. Nataša bokal (Jug) 2. Monika Maierhofer (Aut) 3. Veronika Šarec (Jug)
01.13.1991 1. Petra Kronberger (AUT) 2. Ingrid Salvenmoser (Aut) 3. Veronika Å arec (Jug)
07/01/2007 1. Marlies Schild (AUT) 2. Sarka Zahrobska (rce) 3. Veronika Zuzulova (Svk)
22/01/2012 1. Michaela Kirchgasser (Aut) 2. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin) 3. Veronika Zuzulova (Svk)
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