What a tile for Kristoffersen: now official, Naeba's slalom will not be recovered

Kranjska Gora said no and now the Norwegian, at -101 from Kilde and also distant from Pinturault, will have only two tests between the rapid gates for the dream of the World Cup. Tomorrow a crucial giant in Hinterstoder.

Sunday 1 March 2020 2 minutes reading time

A tile especially for one of the three contenders in the race for the men's World Cup. Now it is official: the slalom canceled last February 23 in Yuzawa Naeba, will no longer be recovered by reducing the overall races to 43 in this season. So there are 9 left, starting from tomorrow's crucial giant in Hinterstodere, with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde who can certainly smile, still having 34 points of margin on Alexis Pinturault and 101 on Henrik Kristoffersen. It is precisely the latter who can regret a decision, the one announced today by the FIS, made almost mandatory by Kranjska Gora's refusal to play another technical race, in addition to those scheduled on Podkoren on 14-15 March, and the impossibility of agreeing in such tight times with other locations (Pozza di Fassa had also timidly come forward). So there will only be two slaloms from here to the end, with Kristoffersen in the specialty ranking having 2 margin points on ClÃ©ment Noel, three giants (including tomorrow's), two descents and two super-gs. Absolute or almost absolute balance, therefore, but with Kristoffersen called to reassemble ...

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