Receipts and returns for Italy in the first weekend of racing in North America

The two men's races in Lake Louise and the three women of Beaver Creek give Italy a strong balance sheet. To raise its voice once again is the team of male and speed in particular Dominik Paris.

Monday 2 December 2013 5 minutes reading time

The Italjet is a veteran of the greatest season in its history, and still seems objectively very difficult but you can repeat the start on the snows of winter Canadian Olympic was definitely comforting. Paris is still a lot of effort in the super-G downhill but is proving to enjoy all the tracks and all terrains. He's only 24 years old and the best seasons of his career still ahead. As they say Ravetto Claudio and Gianluca Rulfi, its limits are still unexplored. But even his teammates are not watching: three of them, Christof Innerhofer, Peter Fill and Werner Heel, have already achieved a placing in the top ten, which is the minimum requirement for Olympic qualification in a specialty. Innerhofer was fourth in the super-G, downhill Heel seventh and eighth Fill in the super-G. A start like that, especially on a track with a snow and not suited to the characteristics of the blue excluding the universal Paris, but frankly hoped it was far from obvious given the difficulties they have encountered our sprinters in South America and the problems Inner back that periodically plague. Now comes the Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek, slope much more pleasing than that of Italy Lake Louise. If two plus two equals four ... In the women was the weekend of the big returns. For example, to Elena Fanchini third downhill on Beaver Creek Raptor, missing the podium by the victory at Lake Louise on December 2, 2005, which is eight years, eight years in which he slept, as you said too severely to herself. Apart from the silver medal in downhill in Schladming last February, her sister Nadia, fifth in super-G, did not reach the top ten in a race from third place in the super-G in Haus me Ennstal of January 10, 2010, that is three weeks before his most serious injury suffered in St. Moritz, and that made her lose almost two years. The last welcome back goes to Federica Brignone, seventh in the giant, his race, after a year almost completely lost for a cyst in the foot. Well Francesca Marsaglia, in giant steps in the tenth attempt with the twenty-second place, the "Roman of San Sicario" showed that among the large piles can do even better. Finally, waiting for the treble of the veteran Daniela Merighetti and Denise Karbon, progress Elena Curtoni and full recovery of Irene Curtoni and Manuela Moelgg, can not go unnoticed seventh place in the super-G in Sofia Goggia the seventh race of the World Cup. The Bergamo has the right attitude and determination and does not mind the versatility, if you begin to limit mistakes can get among the best in three specialties: downhill, super-G and giant slalom. And do not forget that in Schladming than fourth in the super-G came seventh in super defending quite well between the posts tight slalom ...

Max Valle

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