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As he had already & agrave; announced at the race on the Gran Risa dell & rsquo; Alta Badia, Max Blardone hangs skis to the nail, so the giant of St. Moritz, in which & egrave; placed fifteenth and then again in the points, & egrave; It was his 153rd and final race in the World Cup, 124 of which are among the wide doors.
Saturday 19 March 2016 8 minutes reading time
"It does not seem possible after 16 years it is high right now - says Blardone to fisi.org -. After a long career & egrave; s time to give up well for me, certainly not & egrave; easy but my body tells me that & egrave; right even if they are still competitive as evidenced by the podium in February in Naeba. I'm pleased to have finished third in Japan because & eacute; I was able to dedicate it to my family, I think it was the most & ugrave podium; important than career. I was lucky to race alongside absolute standards as Von Gruenigen, Raich, Pinturault, Hirscher and Norwegians, I think I have made my contribution to the cause. on my helmet I wrote in English & lsquo; never give up & rsquo ;, that is, never give up, that & egrave ; always been my belief sport. I always presented to the gate with the 'idea of ​​trying to win, maybe this has made a difference. over the years I probably made a mistake, probably due to some spigolosit & agrave; in my character, but the 'I did because & eacute; I was always careful. For the future there are so many projects, I could create a ski school where students who do well in school can go on even skiing, or stay still in this world to give some advice to young people. I announced the 'farewell in Alta Badia because & eacute; & Egrave; the track that gave me the most & ugrave; great joys, I did not do it all''ultima race. I have enjoyed the season, now part of a new life, I godr memorize options my wife Simona and my sons Alessandro and Geneva. Thank you all".
This is the 'gift of the president FISI Flavio Roda: "I have to make many compliments to Max for all they did. I was lucky enough to be present at his first and also all''ultima team meeting, he starts memorize options in a difficult time for the Italian ski that followed the withdrawal of Alberto Tomba, his contribution has allowed our national team to return immediately to the summit well in this discipline, I wish him the best possible future. "
Born November 26, 1979 in Domodossola and resident of Pallanzeno, Max Blardone turned out to memorize options the 1999 junior World Championships when he won the & rsquo; gold does not in bounds, which was eleventh, bens & igrave; in slalom. beating, among others, a certain Mario Matt. In the following season to memorize options He stood in the pits, stuck of & rsquo; herniated disc. Once he healed, while doing some more punticino in the circuit also in slalom and even in super-G and combined, they will dedicate & agrave; almost exclusively to the giant, specialty & agrave; which sees its debut in October 29, 2000 S & ouml World Cup; Sölden, which comes right into the points, the twentieth. The next December 17 & egrave; gi & agrave; among the top ten, the sixth in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re, the first of his 50 top 10 placings in the White Circus.
It must memorize options wait until January 3, 2004, after finishing fourth four times, to be able to climb for the first time on the podium with second place in Flachau giant. Other double d & rsquo; honor and then, l & rsquo; January 11, 2005, the first triumph in Adelboden, his total victories 7, making it the third most gigantista Italian & ugrave; victorious in a tie with Cup Piero Gros, three of those victories has won on his favorite track, the Gran Risa dell & rsquo; Alta Badia, just the place chosen to announce the withdrawal. L & rsquo; last victory dates back to February 26, 2012 in Crans-Montana, then the change of the skis sent him to crisis, from which & egrave; released only quest & rsquo; year, enough to make it back on the podium, something which probably no one believed but himself, on February 13 with the third place in Naeba.
I just regret not to have seen him win n & eacute; The specialty & agrave ;, Cup ranking in which & egrave; He was second in 2006 and 2007 and third in 2004 and 2012, n & eacute; an Olympic medal or at least one of these three goals deserved to reach the World Cup & egrave; He was fifth in 2001 and 2009 and the Winter Games in 2002, eighth after the first run was second. Athlete difficult character but stubborn like few others, Max held high the name of & rsquo; Italian giant for at least a dozen d & rsquo; years, dragging other good elements of all Davide Simoncelli, pure gigantista as he had become, without forgetting course Manfred Moelgg to memorize options & Egrave; It was above all a great slalom skier. A character like l & rsquo; Ossola Mancher & agrave; much to alpine skiing blue, wish him a big on luck for his future life!
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