Wolves weather in Sankt Moritz, the eve of the blue. Bassino: "Skied on the track useless, but I'm ready"

Over the weekend the two super-gs in the Engadine, but the forecasts are also negative for the first race on Saturday. The words of the Cuneo woman, upon returning to the discipline, of Goggia, Brignone and Nadia Delago.

Friday 10 December 2021 6 minutes reading time

A light snowfall and poor visibility, unfortunately a constant in Sankt Moritz, made skiing on the track on the eve of the two female World Cup super-gs a pure formality, since all the athletes preferred to limit themselves to a quick inspection and many of them have not even completed the two laps allowed by the regulations. There will be nine blue at the start of the first race on Saturday (10.30), even if the risk of a cancellation, as happened in 2020, is concrete given that the forecasts are also negative for tomorrow, but improving for Sunday. Marta Bassino will return, who skipped the fast races of Lake Louise, alongside the red bib Sofia Goggia, of Federica Brignone who was second here in 2019, just a cent from Bergamo, of the sisters Delago, Nadia and Nicol, and of Francesca Marsaglia, Elena Curtoni, Roberta Melesi and Karoline Pichler. "Lake Louise was an incredible weekend, because winning in the same location for three consecutive days is something great, but it remains a memory and now we have to look forward - the words on the eve of Goggia - My focus is built day after day, so we start from scratch. Here in Sankt Moritz there are many contenders for victory, every day the time trial waits all from the same point, I will only try to do what I am capable of studying the best lines with the coaches in reconnaissance. Today it was useless to ski the two laps on the track, the visibility was poor and there was no need to take risks. Two years ago I won here with just one hundredth of an advantage over Federica Brignone, we hope to be still there to play for the victory ”. The Valle d'Aosta analyzes the two races in the Engadine as follows: "It is a track that I particularly love, treacherous because it has many blind spots that you have to attack quickly and know in advance how to tackle the following corners - says Fede - The visibility this morning is not it was the best, we did not have the opportunity to study the slopes well, so it will be really important to carry out a careful survey of every detail. The Lake Louise races have given me further confidence, I'm here to have fun and get a good result ". “I returned to Italy after the Killington giant and I trained in Limone Piemonte on the home slopes - says Marta Bassino - Here in Sankt Moritz the skiing was useless given the weather conditions. I feel good, there are two good opportunities to restart with the supergiant that I have not yet faced in the race this year. The track is beautiful, with an initial part that has hollows where it is difficult to see the next gates, you need to memorize all the passages well and ski with the right thrusts ". Finally Nadia Delago, twice sixth in the descent at Lake Louise: “After the good performances in Canada, I try to improve even in the supergiant where at the moment I struggle more and I still lack confidence. I have to train a lot in the giant, learn to move more because in this discipline the curves are shorter and I prefer the long curves. Seeing my sister Nicol competing at Lake Louise gave me a great boost, coming back after a serious injury like hers has motivated me a lot, it's nice to travel together again ”.

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