Franzoni, it's 4 gold cents! The blue talent is the new super-g jr world champion

In Bansko the triumph of the 19 year old from Brescia, who burns the Austrian Feurstein and the Swiss Zulauf, third only 5 cents. And tomorrow there is the giant.

Wednesday 3 March 2021 3 minutes reading time

A sprint race, under 50 seconds, a golden dip in the super-g of the junior world championships. The blue adventure in the world championship in Bansko begins as best it could, with Giovanni Franzoni bringing a world title back home two years after that of Alex Vinatzer in the slalom of Val di Fassa 2019. Starting with number 5, the talent Brescia (one of the big favorites on the eve, but with the unknown of back problems that have been tormenting him for a few weeks) is perfect especially in the central part of the "giant" on the Bulgarian snows that hosted the weekend last weekend- end of the men's World Cup. 4 cents are enough, in a race clearly with very small gaps, to overcome the peer (also born in 2001) Lukas Feurstein, with the Austrian leading up to the last intermediate, but who loses the decisive tenth in the last five doors. And 5 cents from the title concludes the Swiss Gael Zulauf, while the Norwegian Kindem (+ 0 ”12) and the French Favre (+ 0” 17) finish at the foot of the podium. The other two Azzurri in the race are far away, with Filippo Della Vite still in the top 20 at 1 "69, while Matteo Bendotti did just better, finishing at 1" 57 from Franzoni, thus crowning the season of his debut in CdM and than the one at the Senior World Championships in Cortina, with the splendid 14th place in the giant, with the most awaited medal. And on Thursday we will continue with the challenge between the wide doors in Bansko ...

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