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Eight years ago, a few days after making his debut in the World Cup in the & nbsp giant; Lienz & nbsp; December 28, 2007, a blonde of & nbsp girl; Ticino & nbsp; even 17 years won two downhill and two super-G of the European Cup in & nbsp; Caspoggio & nbsp; in '' four-day period, 15 to 18 January 2008 clubbing opponents much more & ugrave; older than she. That little girl, born April 27, 1991 and a resident of & nbsp; Comano, place of study of the Italian Swiss TV, was called, and it's called, & nbsp; Lara Gut, in that season would be taken home the continental trophy in hand with & nbsp; Marcel Hirscher, the very man with whom he shared the today's final triumph in the World Cup.
Sunday 20 March 2016 16 minutes reading time
February 2 of the same in 2008, in its fourth race and his first descent in the greater circuit, with bib number 32 would probably have won on the track Corviglia had it not fallen a few meters from the finish after being landed badly dall''ultimo jump instead since & igrave; third but equally happy. Pi & ugrave; predestined cos & igrave; & hellip; yet that race, held in St. Moritz, coincidentally the same resort & agrave; where the Ticino today celebrated its first sphere of general crystal, & egrave; was for years the merciless picture of the same career of Lara, and this & egrave; a career that until last all''anno was gi & agrave; rich in victories, 12, but at the same time full of missed opportunities. In other words, un''atleta has a crystalline talent like few others that memorize options remained largely unspoken, see the 2013-2014 season, when he won more & ugrave; of all races, sects, but collezion memorize options Also many outputs. For the record, that descent of eight years ago in the Upper Engadine won a certain Tina Maze, fell with bib number 47 and with a sun that other games previously had not even dreamed of, the Slovenian right with that triumph gave the breakthrough in a career that seemed to see her confined "only" to the great role gigantista.
And who knows & agrave; which can not be the same thing for Lara, which has now reached, in a way that many believe only lucky and devoid of its merits, the first of the major goals that seemed to be destined. Those many bolleranno as "cardboard", such as cardboard badges at the Inter after Calciopoli, the crystal ball won by the Ticino. Fortunate to Lara, according to its detractors, & egrave; nell''anno sabbatical consisted of the aforementioned Maze and especially in the accident Anna Fenninger, Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, without which the Swiss would never make her the coppona. Opinion perfectly legitimate and even acceptable, to memorize options They must remember two things banal: first, regret the injured or retired athletes, in some cases even years after their retirement (let's just two names, Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni), not & egrave; respectful to those activities & agrave ;; second, the injuries and withdrawals are always always existed and will exist and cases like quest''anno, perhaps with less injuries but equally or even more decisive for the 'final outcome of the then current season or subsequent ones, there They have been several.
For example, everyone thinks rightly Annemarie Pr & ouml; ll the pi & ugrave; great skier of the twentieth century and perhaps of all time, yet in 1972 no arriv memorize options at the Olympics in Sapporo leader of the World Cup because & eacute; preceded by a strong French girl named Fran & ccedil; oise Macchi, who for his own bad luck before the Games is infortun memorize options serious knee and only 20 years old he had to actually stop 'activities & agrave ;. Who knows & agrave; as it would change the history of that season and the next ones with transalpine to duel with the champion of Kleinarl & hellip; the same goes for what happened in 1994, when Pernilla Wiberg is infortun memorize options the finals in Vail leaving smoothed the way to Vreni Schneider. And what if Katja Seizinger, forced to retire for having destroyed his knees after dominating two of the previous three seasons, had continued? And how it would change the history of skiing when Petra Kronberger did not withdraw within 23 years due to lack of motivation after winning it all, or if Janica Kosteli & # 263; he had suffered all the injuries he suffered and then retired too young, 24 years?
I mean, we could do so many similar examples, even very recent, see Maria Riesch, who two years ago infortun memorize options Lenzerheide and was forced to stop and to leave the Fenninger Cup in the last few races and then announce the withdrawal, but we stop here because & eacute; with ifs and buts not going anywhere, for that matter no one ever, in the cases mentioned, he has never spoken of luck of those who had benefited, including Fenninger. We limit ourselves to only add that Gut, when Vonn had to stop after the 'accident of Soldeu, had a lead of just 28 points from the US, so if he was still playing great while Hirscher had 107 detachment from Aksel Lund Svindal Norwegian when you & egrave; injured in Kitzb & uuml; hel. We do not want to say that Marcel would not win his fifth consecutive World Cup, in fact, its possibilities & agrave; were far greater than those of Lara, if only because & eacute; & Egrave; clearly the most & ugrave; strong, if not even the most & ugrave; versatile skier Circus White male, but if you really want to talk about luck then you must mention all the cases where the luck, or if you want the 'ignorance of the organizers in wanting to compete in all the races in which costs were injured Svindal and Vonn, she has played a decisive role.
Lara & egrave; was undoubtedly lucky, very lucky if we want to, but at the same time, and the same is obviously true a fortiori for Hirscher, did not steal anything from anyone: the injuries were not sure because of Ticino which by the 'else in this season, thanks to its new materials, currently without a doubt the most & ugrave; Winning in the women's field, he has reached a consistency of performance that certainly will not & egrave; It was equal to that which his great friend Fenninger touched in the last two seasons, not to mention that of Maze in 2012-2013 or Vonn in the previous ones, but & egrave; definitely been the most & ugrave; his career high enough to pulverize them his personal record of points, plus he fought on par with the one in our humble opinion & egrave; the pi & ugrave; strong skier ever, Lindsey Vonn, who quest''inverno showed one of his best racing versions, if not the best, even if the fight with the most & ugrave; young attacking the 'has made often go beyond its limit, until the unfortunate ending injury in an otherwise irregular race.
The seasonal successes of Ticino are six, thirteen podiums, personal record, moreover in four different specialties & agrave ;, fact to be reckoned with. The total race wins in the World Cup by the Swiss are 18 and do not forget that when he was on the rise and had put gi & agrave; the two world silvers neck (before the age of 18 years between the 'other), nell''ottobre 2009 all''anca an injury forced her to stand still in the pits for the' whole of the next Olympic season, why not & egrave; unreasonable to suppose that the victory could have been more of & ugrave ;, but again, better to let us lose memorize options It could be and not & egrave; state. Another aside: Renate G & ouml; tschl, one of the most & ugrave; discesiste great as ever, the same age & agrave; Gut had won two races less in Cup and port memorize options at home too the general crystal ball but had two World Championship gold medals in more & ugrave ;, then arriv memorize options to a total of 46 successes in Circus Rosa, 48 total in the Great skiing, but that of the overall World Cup of the 1999-2000 season was the 'only in its wall, and above all never won the' Olympic gold. For its part Vonn all''et & agrave; dell''elvetica had a general Cup in pi & ugrave; and two World Championship gold medals in pi & ugrave; compared to her but won bids in the World Cup were not many more & ugrave; compared to those of the Swiss, four.
Each to memorize options It makes its own path in life and sports regardless of precocit & agrave; pi & ugrave; or less, we'll see what riuscir & agrave; Lara to do in the coming years but the possibility & agrave; that can enrich his list, especially as individual race wins, there are all. Character in the round since his arrival in the Circus Rosa, face and smile that win, great multilingual staff, from the extremely competitive nature, "Laretta", this is his pet name, he has never hidden the disappointment of some bitter defeats, like the one in Sochi 2014 downhill she considers that despite having won bronze. He never sent to tell anyone, this was the enemy, technical or printing (including who writes the 'only time the INTERVIEW memorize options) and for that & egrave; or loved or hated no half measures, even in Switzerland. In the movie "All gi & ugrave;" & Egrave; was even an actress, she who in a moment of extreme nervousness accused Vonn of it after the fall of Soldeu.
Returning to the final verdict of this season, Lara & egrave; was very good at grasping the 'extremely favorable opportunity, we want to say only: to win back her overall Cup, with the enemy, previously mentioned, will be & agrave; almost impossible, especially because & eacute; Mikaela Shiffrin, last Sunday he finished "only" 21 years, in the near future has the potential need even to obscure the greatness of Vonn countryman. However, if the health assister & agrave ;, Lara sar & agrave; l Always & igrave; dueling with his great enemy, and as gi & agrave; said, potr & agrave; seize other "stage victories", but above all potr & agrave; devote himself to the hunt for the trophy that has never even won at the junior level, and this & egrave; of the 'gold medal in a major event. Finally, the best commentary on his season 'did the same Lara after receiving the super-G cup: "Ingredients: passion, hours and hours of training; the more & ugrave; fast the planet skis; competent and incredible people, two wonderful parents and the best brother you could wish; a healthy body. Mix together. Add tons of luck, happiness & agrave ;, laughter, sweat and madness to get the right flavor. Result: the chance & agrave; to win a cup. " Enjoy your Lara Cup: not & egrave; cardboard, but of very pure crystal.
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