2021 cortina world championships
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World giant from Cortina: the blue just 4 tenths from the big favorite, then only Schmid and Faivre are close. Outside Odermatt, with Zubcic and Kristoffersen over 2 seconds behind (and curse the low pectorals ...).
Friday 19 February 2021 4 minutes reading time
It would have been nice to see him in comparison with Marcel Hirscher or with the best Ted Ligety, who just today in Cortina should have closed his career.
Alexis Pinturault's first run in the world giant on the "Labyrinths" was simply something wonderful: a printed book, a painting on a very tough (and very hard in terms of snow cover) track by the big favorite for the medal. gold. If the gaps, however, seemed unbridgeable after the first descents, here, exactly as happened yesterday with the women, with the higher pectorals the holding was better and there is a super Luca De Aliprandini who was able to exploit better than all the situation.
The blue tip (starting with bib 12) is in second place, just 4 tenths from the transalpine, signing an amazing partial between Scarpadon and Rumerlo, where he recovered 41 cents in Pinturault; only Alexander Schmid, third at 56 cents, and Mathieu Faivre (gold in parallel), two cents from the German, are close to Luca.
Then there is the void, with Loic Meillard 5th at 1 ”25, followed by Marco Schwarz at 1” 56, Brennsteiner and Kranjec at 1 ”82 and Zubcic even at 2” 12 in tenth position, behind Stefan Luitz. The Croatian makes a mistake on the back of the Festis which already cost Federica Brignone dear yesterday and today to Marco Odermatt, who started with the number 1 and closes this World Cup without medals. And the reigning champion himself, Henrik Kristoffersen, while not making serious mistakes is only 14th (preceded also by Favrot and Leitinger) with 2 ”32 to recover.
The other blues: Borsotti at 2 ”78 will restart from the top 20, better done by Ricky Tonetti who is 13th, at 2” 23 from Pinturault, waiting for the young Franzoni with bib 37.
Second heat starts at 13.30 and today the medal dreams are still alive, and how.
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