The Super G in Val Gardena opens the long weekend Dolomite

The World Cup of Alpine Skiing Men arrives in Italy. Between tomorrow and next Thursday five races in five different disciplines that will bring the Circus near the white Christmas. We'll start with the Super G in Val Gardena.

Thursday 15 December 2016 5 minutes reading time

The Saslong Val Gardena is a track designed in the late 60 of the world's view of the valley dolimitica hosted in 1970. Since then it has remained one of the traditional stages of the World Cup in terms of Downhill, however, from 2002 to discipline Queen has also added a Super G, usually on Fridays. In all there are 14 editions held so far SuperG Val Gardena. undisputed star is Aksel Lund Svindal: Norwegian champion has imposed 4 times, including the last three of which he took part (in 2014 he was injured). Not only Svindal: Norway has a special feeling with this test, so that boast a head success Lasse Kjus (19 December 2003) and Kjetil Jansrud (20 December 2014). Also one must not forget the hat-trick of twelve months ago: December 18, 2015 Svindal preceded Jansrud and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde for a sweep that the Scandinavian country had only managed two more times (January 30, 1994, Chamonix Combined, first Kjetil Andre Aamodt, according Lasse Kjus, third Harald Strand Nilsen; March 1, 1998, Slalom Yongpyong, first Ole Christian Furuseth, according Finn Christian Jagge third Tom Stiansen) in a race for the World Cup Alpine Ski Male. The only other man to repeat itself in the Super G in Val Gardena is Michael Walchhofer, who won December 17, 2004 and December 17, 2010 for a total of 2 successes. At the podium level instead of always driving Svindal, that when he finished on the podium has always won, ahead Jansrud and Bode Miller, who boast three top three apiece. Among active athletes, as well as Jansrud and Svindal, they managed to win this race also Miller (2006), Beat Feuz (2011) and Werner Heel. It is the South Tyrolean the only blue able to establish itself in the Saslong SuperG: was 19 December 2008 and Heel managed to beat Didier Defago and Patrik JÃ¤rbyn. In total for Italy arrived 5 podiums. Heel, in addition to the 2008 victory, finished third December 14, 2012, in a race won by Svindal who saw the second place Matteo Marsaglia. place of honor for Dominik Paris December 20, 2014, while Patrick Staudacher was third 18 December 2009. The Super G in Val Gardena will be staged on Friday, December 16th with departures scheduled for 12:15 hours.

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