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Azzurri squad for the speed events in Lake Louise and Beaver Creek

Eight athletes of the Italian speed disciplines which will start next Tuesday for North America: Mattia Casse, Peter Fill, Werner Heel, Christof Innerhofer, Siegmar Klotz, Matteo Marsaglia, Dominik Paris and Silvano Varettoni. Tells us all the Press Office of the Italian Winter Sports Federation and we thank them.

Thursday 7 November 2013 3 minutes reading time

Just a few days for North America at the start of the men's team speed that will take part in four World Cup races, starting with the downhill in Lake Louise Saturday, November 30 followed by the supergiant Sunday, Dec. 1, followed by the supergiant and the downhill in Beaver Creek (Colorado) on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December. As every year, the group will prepare appointments on the track of Copper Mountain, where it will arrive via Frankfurt, departing from Italy'' on November 12. In the resort of Colorado blues will ski until Saturday, November 23, two days after leaving for Canada. "We'll start with a couple of days to get familiar with the giant snow - says the manager Gianluca Rulfi - then we'll do the speed with'' objective of recovering lost a few days of training in the'' last month due to bad weather conditions we encountered on European glaciers in the fall. Eight athletes summoned Peter Fill, Werner Heel, Siegmar Klotz, Dominik Paris, Christof Innerhofer, Silvano Varettoni, Mattia Casse and Matteo Marsaglia. "The conditions are pretty good, as usual Innerhofer has to deal with his back very gently and also Marsaglia still feels some pain in the knee in certain situations. We plan to take it to the top in the two weeks that we will train in Colorado." The trip will take part in the technical director Claudio Ravetto and coaches Angelo Weiss, Christian Conrad, Thomas Frulli, Alberto and Alberto Ghidoni Senigagliesi.

Max Valle

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