Mattia Casse ready to try in super-g, Dressen's waiver: "I'm not ready yet"

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Mattia Casse ready to try in super-g, Dressen's waiver: "I'm not ready yet"

The blue wants to be there on Saturday for the second of Garmisch, with the world dream on the horizon. The German will not compete after today's test, but he will lead the way and still hope for Cortina.

He was the forerunner of today's test of a descent that will be staged early on Friday, and the feedback has been quite positive. Two and a half months after the fracture of the talus in his left foot, Mattia Casse is back to taste the World Cup atmosphere and the idea of returning to the race to try it out for the world championships is there. Obviously not downhill, also because by regulation the Piedmontese cannot show up at the starting gate not having made an official test, but for the super-g on Saturday on "Kandahar 1". And at that point to play for a bib for Cortina, where the super-g will be staged immediately on Tuesday 9 February as the first men's race of the program. World Championships that are a little further away for Thomas Dressen, even if the German champion still has hope of being able to take part; today, more than two months after the operation on his left hip, he took part in the downhill test, finishing 3 seconds behind Max Franz, but he will not compete tomorrow. “It was nice and fun to be back on the tour, together with the guys - explained the Bavarian giant on social media - I realized, however, that I wasn't ready for the races yet; it hurts not to take part in the home competition, but I will lead the way and try to improve. I didn't think all this would be possible, for me it is already a victory ”.
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