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No Italian in the points in the Flachau slalom and a negative record that is added to the 54 winless races in this discipline, with Moelgg being the last to celebrate over 5 years ago. The words of the Norwegian winner for the first time in CdM.
Wednesday 9 March 2022 5 minutes reading time
A disaster, no ifs and buts, and it's a shame that it happened on the night of Manfred Moelgg's farewell to skiing.
In Flachau, Italslalom did not place any athlete in the points zone, with the exit of Giuliano Razzoli (the only one to qualify) in the 2nd heat which sanctioned a result not seen in 135 specialty races. From Levi 2008, in fact, the national team of narrow poles obtained at least one point at each CdM slalom, but beyond the numerical data, which is added to the second worst series ever in terms of non-victories in the specialty, or 54 (last success by Manfred Moelgg, coincidentally, in Zagreb 2017), the situation linked to Alex Vinatzer is particularly worrying.
We are talking about the great hope for a future at the highest levels, but this season we certainly cannot say that the 22-year-old from Val Gardena has taken a step forward, rather the opposite because the mistakes (today the one on the final bump of the 1st heat is sensational) after having already seen so many opponents make mistakes) there are no more and a couple of top five finishes have arrived, in Campiglio and Schladming, with the Olympic disappointment to season everything.
The only podium of the year for Theolier's team, even if the chance remains in an always special race like that of the cup finals, that of Giuliano Razzoli in Wengen. Of course, the 2010 Olympic champion will also be there next year, but miracles cannot be asked of him.
Meanwhile, in the Salzburg area it is the slalom of the great party of Atle Lie McGrath for the first seal in the World Cup of a boy with a sure future. Only the fall and a knockout knee in Adelboden stopped him, not even a month after that fabulous 2nd place on the Gran Risa, where he arrived just 7 cents from the triumph.
He is back this season and he still needs some work between the wide doors, but in slalom the Norwegian boy (born in 2000), born in Vermont, has made the leap in quality. Second in Schladming, first in Flachau in another Austrian slalom at night: on the other hand, this outgoing and likeable guy likes the unique atmosphere of the "night races", as his words show after the triumph in front of Noel and Yule. "It was close, now I have succeeded and it is indescribable to do it in front of this audience - Atle told FIS microphones - To all those who dream of something big, I say that it is possible to do it".
Fourth podium in the World Cup, in three different disciplines (giant, parallel and slalom), and attention because the twenty-one year old norge has not had the combined ones available in the last two years where he has already done super things in the European Cup. At the Courchevel-Méribel finals, he will start for the first time in the second sub-group in slalom. And in 2022/23 ...
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