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"Not that I could end my career as an athlete with a fall". This is said to have told & nbsp; Daniela Merighetti & nbsp; to those who succored after the terrifying flight in the drop-down & nbsp; St. Moritz.
Wednesday 16 March 2016 7 minutes reading time
Nell''ultima race of the World Cup of her career Brescia you & egrave; broken the cruciate ligament in his right knee, & nbsp; while the left knee has sub & igrave; to a slight injury but mentions damage. Up thereto carried account dell''ennesimo injury, the 'last, occurred at the veteran of the blue team, we want to briefly go over his career.
Born July 5, 1981, Daniela Merighetti, for all Dada, has never hidden the fact that as a child she did not like skiing, but then as time went on, things have changed, especially with wins in the first Garette. Landed in the World Cup at the Sestriere giant of 9 December 2000 was a great promise of technical disciplines which then & egrave; gradually transformed into excellent downhill and meaningful & egrave; the fact that since the points of the cup competitions are awarded to the top 30 was one of the few Italian to win in all specialties & agrave ;. The first of his six podiums arriv memorize options March 6, 2003 in the giant of Night & Aring; king when effettu memorize options the pi & ugrave; great comeback in the history of the Circus Rose even going from twenty-ninth to second place.
To get back on the podium had to wait 14 January 2012, but there torn memorize options in pi & ugrave way; memorable because & eacute ;, with the left thumb broken a week before in the super-G in Bad Kleinkirchhheim (and the day before had thrown a very likely win downhill) Trionf memorize options on his favorite track, l & rsquo; Olympia delle Tofane Cortina d & rsquo; Ampezzo, lining up in the descent three star players with a capital F as Lindsey Vonn, Maria Riesch and Tina Maze. Downhill before this season & egrave; was also second in St. Anton 12 January 2013 and the third in Cortina Jan. 18, 2015, the day before fracturing his jaw and losing four teeth still on track Ampezzo. In super-G, specialty & agrave; in which long he did not believe in their own possibilities & agrave ;, & egrave; He was third in Bansko February 26, 2012.
Took part in the last five editions of the World Cup and his best results were two seventh place in downhill in 2011 and in super-G in 2013. His most & ugrave; big regret & egrave; tied for third Olympic Games in which he participated, those of Sochi 2014: it was fourth down just 17 cents from the third place after being at the medal until & rsquo; last intermediate, and all this despite having a bad knee because of a drop test, one of many that unfortunately have marked his career. Chapter injuries: some have them gi & agrave; listed, fracture of the right fibula and tibia in 1996 and three breaks of the Crusaders in 1998, 2001 and 2003 played a decisive role in its evolution from slalomgigantista a downhill skier.
L & rsquo; last injury prior to today it has been l & rsquo; last year because of the fracture of the fibula on trial in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Dada wanted to continue for a & rsquo; other season but she realized that the feeling was no longer & ugrave; the same. Yet, along with proof d & rsquo; pride, & egrave; able to be present at the finals in St. Moritz to win his sixth podium finish in the World Cup, third place in the second of two runs of La Thuile won by Nadia Fanchini becoming cos & igrave; the pi & ugrave; & Ldquo; old & rdquo; to get on the podium in the specialty & agrave ;. Today, in his 228th race at the World Cup, with the & rsquo; yet another injury Dada ends a career always lived to the fullest and very often even beyond its limits, as in today's downhill.
You & egrave; always raised after every fall, in fact, found even the spirit to reinvent a new career as a downhill skier and to become more & ugrave; strong. And even on his last day of racing life he did not want to do the catwalk but tried the result at all costs: an attitude that anyone who comes close to & rsquo; competitive spirit should take as an example. In pi & ugrave ;, & egrave; always been a very sunny girl and very helpful towards the media, and not only for the emotions that gave us on track with its podiums and his great victory in Cortina we must also thank her for that. On the Dada life and good luck to all.
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