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Lindsey Vonn returned to ski between poles, giant, Julia Mancuso has finally found the perfect boot for her, Leanne Smith has recovered from a dislocated a shoulder, Laureen Ross is testing the new material Volkl and Lange, while Stacey Cook is given in great shape. Here's the latest news on the American women's team speed, dominating last season's World Cup
Wednesday 25 September 2013 7 minutes reading time
Portillo (Chile) - First hot, then cold. So the rain, finally the snow. It's part of the game and, if you will, of the fun of training camp in South America, because it's always been that way.'s Team women's speed has gradually increased the intensity of his work in Portillo, Chile, where conditions were also perfect, in a few days. And the girls have worked very hard, as does understand the technical manager, Chip White: "El Colorado, last month, we have focused on basic technical skills, while here in South America was and is the goal .. . going fast! The conditions of snow have changed from day to day: at the beginning, there was not much and that's why we had to pay close attention to the tracks to avoid holes, spikes of rock, stones. short, use also really ... fantasy. then the strong wind has changed even more cards on the table at the beginning, even changing some parts of the track, where they were often placed the jumps in the past. But all this does not go necessarimente seen in the negative, because it really was like being in different ski areas simultaneously, while of course we were always the same. So the athletes were able to test themselves in different conditions, in the rain, with soft snow, and so on " . The team has used for training tracks nearly complete both downhill and for the super-G. As expected, the real news of the training camp was that of return on skis Lindsey Vonn, who has not yet been able to work at speed, but still managed to come back to ski between the posts in these last days, as less in bounds. "She - goes White - had a different program from the others, a program designed specifically for those returning from injury. But he followed perfectly, even managing to ski for three days straight. According to his feelings, is already , ready to maximize workloads ... ". As for Julia Mancuso, things are improving significantly in the set-up, after the change of materials took place a year ago. "Honestly, I've never seen skiing so well at this point of the year, in the past - was amazed Chip - with its technical reference has changed something, trying a new boot, less aggressive, with whom seems to be fine. seems that now is really all right for her, in fact it is now much clearer head. " Leanne Smith had a little mishap, a fall has resulted in a dislocated shoulder, which is why he had to stop, but only for two days, because doctors and physiotherapists have then put back into sixth in record time. "When we came to Chile during the past summers, Leanne always seemed to be in a hurry just during training camp, when they have all the time you need to improve. This year is more calm and see if skiing is even better." Laurenne Ross material has changed a few months ago, rising to Volkl skis and Lange boots. Why it is still in that stage of development of the set-up, which we hope can be concluded in November, with the last training camp at Copper Mountain. "During the first test - said the nice Ross - I found myself just fine, better than in the past, it seemed all so natural. And the good feelings have continued, but the reality is that I have not started a real training in speed. " Laurenne found itself better with the boots super-G, while the adaption to new downhill still requires a bit 'of time, "because the Lange are completely the opposite of Atomic, less aggressive, more fluid." Stacey Cook, finally, is testing new skis and boots made available by his company, which has not changed, the Rossignol. "Stacey - concludes Chip - is fit, very strong, in confidence and is just trying the new material of the Rossignol to find the one that is best suited to aggressive snow in Colorado., But has not yet found the perfect set-up, in the sense that it was not yet a final decision. "It takes a little 'time, and for all ... Article taken from the official website of the American magazine Ski Racing Magazine
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