In Val Gardena ready for the 100 cup races and ... the 2029 World Cup: "We believe in it"

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In a year and a half the assignment of the 2029 world championships, while in December there will be a special anniversary on the Saslong. The words of Rainer Senoner and two exceptional testimonials such as Alex Vinatzer and Luca De Aliprandini.

Monday 31 October 2022 4 minutes reading time

Val Gardena believes in it, and how, to bring home, 59 years after that mythical edition of 1970, the Alpine Ski World Championships which, in May 2024, we will find out if the organizing committee of the Saslong Classic Club will be able to obtain from the FIS for 2029 . Waiting to understand which rivals will actually be in the race compared to the Italian candidacy, today at Skipass ModenaFiere there was another launch event of the Gardena project led by Rainer Senoner, who in December (Friday 16 with the super-g and Saturday 17 with the descent) will experience another important moment, given that the classic speed races of the men's World Cup on the Saslong, will be the 99th and 100th for Val Gardena in the maximum circuit. The candidacy of the Val Gardena team for the world championship in 2029 was accompanied by two blue stars such as Alex Vinatzer, from Val Gardena, and the vice world champion in charge of giant, Luca De Aliprandini. The Trentino rider asked Senoner himself where the technical competitions will be held (in the heart of Selva di Val Gardena), while the slalom rider, who would still arrive at the home World Cup in full career (29 years) daydreams. “I have wonderful memories since I was a child of the races in my Val Gardena. What can I say, a World Championship at home would be something fantastic, perhaps avoiding the fast races on the Saslong - “Vinny” smiled - In giant and slalom I would try ... ”. Senoner, who gave Flavio Roda a special bib to thank the president of the FISI for the strong support for the candidacy, explained how much the Gardena committee believes in the undertaking: "Those of 1970 were epic World Championships, we now want to bring them back to a of the cradles of international skiing, if we think that for over 50 years we have been hosting the World Cup - the words of the president of the Saslong Classic Club - We want this event for the passion that our valley has for this sport. Cortina 2021 was a success, we would like to have the World Cup back in Italy and thanks to the FISI, which has really helped us a lot, we all believe in it together. Now we want to celebrate the 100 cup races on the Saslong, we are all waiting for December in Val Gardena ”.

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