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The Montecampione sisters open hearted during the FISI live social network with the fans. And Nadia would like to train the little ones ...
Wednesday 22 April 2020 7 minutes reading time
Confessions of two champions, a few hours after announcing the withdrawal from the competitive activity.
Elena and Nadia Fanchini somehow "met" the fans during a direct social with "FISI Private Room", the appointment that the federation today has completely dedicated to the Brescian sisters, between anecdotes and memories of a career in parallel . It started, as Elena says, “thanks to dad who passed on his passion for skiing, working on the ski lifts in Montecampione. It was love at first sight".
Nadia says: “It was a unique emotion to join team C in 2003, but a memory that remains in the heart is the first podium together in the European Cup at Tonale. I then made my debut in the World Cup in Alta Badia at the age of 17, then the victory in the super-g of the jr world championship was already a dream for me, it seemed to me to fly ”.
Only injuries stopped the race of the Fanchini sisters: "We suffered a lot, but also had a great inner strength and a lot of passion for this sport that led us to fight and return to make our dreams come true", Elena's words to which Nadia's follow. “It has always been difficult for us, just when with Elena in the World Championships at the age of 19 and I already starred in the World Cup, everything seemed to be going well. There was a lot of bad luck, we are talking about 20 overall operations for the three of us sisters (including Sabrina who retired in 2016, ed), but also various other physical problems. But every time we went back on skis, it was the greatest joy. " How to return every time from a stop? Nadia herself explains it: "I had Deborah Compagnoni as an idol, she was a real example like other champions who have always had the desire to fight, I think of Denise Karbon".
Elena retraces a career of 15 years in the maximum circuit meeting all the great ones: “We have gone from generation to generation with Isolde Kostner, Katja Seizinger, Renate Goetschl and Janica Kostelic, to the era of Lindsey Vonn who has marked history through Riesch, Maze and many champions. Now there are many athletes who play for success in speed, we have a very strong team and also the young ones in slalom who trust me. " Nadia believes a lot in “Nicol Delago, I who am fond of our downhill team I see her as a girl with great potential. And I hope Verena Gasslitter will recover, another young woman who would have deserved much more considering the injuries ”.
The best memory: "I have no doubts, the world silver in Bormio 2005, the perfect day", clearly says Elena who passes the ball to her sister, decidedly more hard-fought. “It is difficult, I think of the first podium, the first victory and the world medals, but also the podiums in La Thuile. On skis, any good result was important, but the best day ever was the birth of my baby. " And in this regard, Nadia already smiles thinking about the future on skis, with a husband-technician like Devid Salvadori and a family who loves the world of snow madly: “Take into account that Elena is already looking at the children of Hirscher, Miller, Raich. .. thinking about the races of the future! And there is also the little one from Sabrina, always a boy (Nicolò), to meet everyone on the track ".
Elena sees herself in the future "always with the Guardia di Finanza, having had the good fortune to be part of an extraordinary group like that of the Yellow Flames. The commentaries? It was a wonderful experience for which I thank Rai, I had fun replacing a friend like Daniela Ceccarelli. We'll see if the opportunity happens again. "
Finally the dreams of Nadia, little Alessandro's mother for just over 4 months: “I'd like to work in the social field, but also to teach something in the world of youth skiing. Transmitting the joy of doing this sport to children is a dream ”.
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