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The three days of the Val d'Isere World Women's Cup will continue with a downhill which will be played on the Oreiller-Killy and that will be the last of 2016.
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Val d'Isere, the town of about 1,600 inhabitants, is one of the historical sites of the World Alpine Ski Women's Cup. Located in Haute Savoie in fact hosted its first race, one Giant Slalom, in 1968. Since then 84 total trials of the World Cup as well as the World Cup of 2009, while medals of the Albertville Olympic Games, in contrast to their male colleagues, were assigned on the slopes of Meribel.
Saturday is scheduled for a downhill, a discipline that has made its appearance in Val d'Isere in 1970, has remained constantly calendar until 1988 before an interruption, a sporadic return in 1996, in 1997 and 2006 and - for the final time - back in 2010 for a total of 30 descents usually fixed in the first half of December.
The queen of this race is the usual Lindsey Vonn, winner of 4 Downhill World Cup more than that earned him the world title in 2009, for a total of 5. Behind him there are two other great interpreters of this discipline, Annemarie Moser -Pröll and Marie-Therese Nadig, impostesi 3 times each, while the other girls in activities able to excel in a downhill which took place in Val d'Isere are Julia Mancuso, before 19 December 2006, and Lara Gut, who conquered the first success in his career in this discipline December 14, 2012 as well as the latest edition dated December 19, 2015.
The woman instead boasts the highest number of podiums is Maria Walliser. The Swiss has 2 victories (1983 and 1987), 3/2 places (the second race of the 1985, 1986 and 1987) and two thirds (1982 and the first race of 1985) for a total of 7. They follow with 5 Moser-Pröll and Vonn, the latter to 6 when you consider the aforementioned world gold in 2009.
One podium in the World Cup for Italy in the descent Female Val d'Isere. About the greatest interpreter of our local discipline, Isolde Kostner, who came third behind Katja Seizinger and Picabo Street 3 February 1996. Do not forget, however, the third behind Vonn and Gut which won the bronze medal at the World Cup Nadia Fanchini 2009.
The Downhill in Val d'Isere will be held Saturday, December 17 starting set for 10:30.
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