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After the two opening races in Levi, the former slalomist of the Valanga Azzurra analyzed with us the prospects of the Italian women's team, worried by the very young and critical of Bassino's choice. "Peterlini? He can stay consistently in the top ten".
Monday 22 November 2021 6 minutes reading time
We have long been talking about the difficulties of a blue slalom team, as regards the women's sector, which has not managed to get close to the podium area for over 10 years (Manuela Moelgg in Zagreb 2011), has not won for almost 14 (the triumph of Chiara Costazza in Lienz 2007) and celebrated the last top five in March 2012, with Irene Curtoni fifth in Are.
The farewell of the veteran from Valtellina, who in any case in the last few seasons has always remained among the top 15 in the world, has made even more evident the gaps in the two opening slaloms of the World Cup, last week- end to Levi.
Martina Peterlini was the only one of the seven Italians in the race to qualify and then score points, climbing from 21st place in race-1 to a good 16th in the second round on the "Levi Black", also considering the quality put on the track in the decisive round. "I'm only sorry that, especially on Saturday, I didn't understand so well how to tackle the initial plans, I had to do something different - commented the 24-year-old from thirty - For the rest I am satisfied, especially for the behavior on the wall, where I did well in all four heats and I even set the best time in that stretch in the second race.
In general, there is still a lot to improve, we take one step at a time with confidence ”.
We talked about the situation of the blue team, from this year led by Devid Salvadori who in Finland experienced his "first" as a responsible coach, with one who knows a lot about slalom. In the live broadcast of NEVEITALIA on the occasion of “Green Ice”, Paolo De Chiesa had his say on the various themes proposed by Levi's races, starting from the only happy note represented precisely by the good performances of Peterlini. “What do you lack to consistently stay in the top 15? Just a bit of continuity and believing more in herself, but I believe that the second heat on Sunday will give her a big boost in this sense - the analysis of the commentator of Rai Sport - The potential of the thirty is from first ten, let's remember that he made 7th to Jasna.
In race-1 she skied too tied up, but yesterday she reacted and did much better, making the most of a layout that led to interpret the slope. There is something to review about the plans, because there are so many in the women's cup slalom, but it is clear that getting excited about a 16th place denounces a very difficult situation for the whole team ”.
De Chiesa goes into detail: “I put aside the judgment on Della Mea and Rossetti, we all know how difficult the season of returning after injury to the Crusader is, but I expected more from the youngsters. I think of Mathiou, who made the finals after winning the jr world title: Levi took over 4 seconds on both occasions, practically double the gap suffered by those who qualified for the 30th position. It means doing another sport ".
And then there is the Bassino chapter: “Was it worth it to go and do these two slaloms? I would say no because, apart from the 0 points collected, Marta certainly knew her level in training (the same woman from Cuneo had confessed, in the pre-race weekend, to feel late with a few days of work in the discipline, ed) and therefore he knew he had few chances, despite having done well for Levi in 2020.
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