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The 6th place obtained in Soelden is not an absolute surprise, for a very young man who had already shown extraordinary things.
Sunday 27 October 2019 6 minutes reading time
Yes, because Lucas Braathen is far from being a stranger, even if we are talking about a 2000 class athlete who, in the first seasonal giant on the Rettenbach, was only at the start of his sixth race in the World Cup.
There are those who have rolled their eyes seeing him go down in the 2nd run, signing the best time to gain 17 positions after the 23rd place obtained in the first, with bib number 40. And instead, we explain why there is nothing so exceptional in the performance of the Norwegian class 2000. Or rather, there is nothing strange if we think of the dose of talent that can give off this boy ...
FROM BRAZIL TO NORWAY
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, this is the full name of the subject in question, will turn 20 on April 19, when his first complete World Cup vintage will now be over.
Already last spring, in fact, the Norwegian technicians had decided to insert it permanently in the squares of the team for the maximum circuit, with the sixth place of Soelden (obtained also taking a pole in the face that gave him a cut in the face) that will remove every doubt as Braathen will leave in the next 30 in the next giant in Beaver Creek.
And doubts if they can have few, on a guy who started to get serious about practically from last season, literally dominating the European Cup of giant (4th place in the absolute one), but above all impressing in some races with so many important athletes of World Cup at the start, as at Kronplatz when he gave pre-world lessons, and then threw away the possibility of winning gold in the junior world championship in Val di Fassa, coming out in the second round of "his" giant, with victory then went to the American Radamus in front of the blue Kastlunger. On the other hand, the good Lucas took the silver in super-g and the bronze in combined, despite being a specialist among the wide doors that, with that sensitivity of feet and cleanliness in the skiing, can still emerge in other disciplines .
Have you wondered why that Pinheiro so exotic? Well, the boy already a symbol of "Generation Z", a bit like Alice Robinson for the female sector, has Brazilian origins, since his mother is from San Paolo. Norway has always been his home, since his first steps on snow as a child, and there is something special about a young phenomenon that, last December in Val d''Isere, began in the World Cup with the bib 60 and immediately obtained the qualification and the first points, with the 26th final place. Not on any track, but on the vertigo of the Face de Bellevarde ...
That day, Braathen became the first man skier of the new millennium to hit a top 30 in the maximum circuit, only to go out four times in a row in the other cup giants played in the 2018/19 vintage. Simple adaptation to the situation, even technical, given that at the end of the past season, the young Norwegian decided to join the Atomic family, or rather the Austrian house saw him as an element to bet on.
A few months ago, right after the junior world championships, he told his "Solowattaggio" colleagues about his experiences and sports references from his two countries, Brazil and Norway. "Ronaldinho and Kjetil André Aamodt," replied Lucas, who today leaked all the emotion of an extraordinary result to Rettenbach's parterre, but which may soon be no longer so out of the ordinary.
"It's the best race I've ever played, for me it's all so new and unbelievable - Lucas said in amazement - Once I crossed the finish line I didn't believe in the green light, then I gained all those positions ... I just thought about fast skiing, nothing else â€. Simple, isn't it?
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