Federica Brignone again in Saas-Fee, the blue gigantisti at Hintertux

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From the Mapei Center in Olgiate Olona, â€‹â€‹province of Varese, the preparation of the Women's World Cup team returned a few days ago from Argentina.

Monday 8 October 2018 4 minutes reading time

The head coach of the Italian alpine skiing female Matteo Guadagnini, in agreement with the sporting director of the whole alpine skiing Massimo Rinaldi, has summoned Marta Bassino, Elena Curtoni, Nicol Delago, Francesca Marsaglia, Roberta Midali, Martina Peterlini and Laura Pirovano for next Friday, where they will be followed by the athletic trainer Luca Scarian, while Federica Brignone continues her recovery on the Saas-Fee glacier, in Switzerland, where she has already been last week and where she will return until Friday. Also the men's group of the World Cup giant returns to train on the Austrian glacier of Hintertux where he will be busy from tomorrow to Saturday at the orders of sector manager Alessandro Serra and technicians Ruggero Muzzarelli and Devid Salvadori. The group will be composed by Giulio Bosca, Luca De Aliprandini, Alex Hofer and Roberto Nani. Unfortunately, there is also a grief in the world of Italian alpine skiing: Francesco Deflorian died suddenly at the age of 80. Originally from Predazzo, province of Trento, he was an excellent skier in the 50s and 60s and Paolo's father, coach of the Women's World Cup team. "Cesco", as it was known in the environment, was a specialist of the descent and came a step away from qualifying for the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics 1960, the year in which he won the Italian title both downhill and in giant. He moved to Crissolo, in the mountains of Cuneo, and became an important figure in the growth of the ski resort. Discovering young talents such as Paolo De Chiesa, at the end of the 1960s he became a precursor of acrobatic skiing, especially in Valle Po: in 1969, Deflorian won the first acrobatic contest during the congress of the Italianie ski instructors. he also affirmed at the European level. The funeral will be held on Wednesday in the church of San Giovanni di Savigliano, province of Cuneo, President Flavio Roda and the entire federal family are gathered around Paul and the whole family in these days of profound sadness.

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