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The youth technical director of the FISI traces the balance of a five-medal jr world championship, all coming from the men's sector.
Thursday 10 March 2022 5 minutes reading time
The time has come to return to Italy for the blue group that took part in the Canadian Junior World Championships in Panorama. The balance of the team led by Massimo Carca collected an enviable loot of five medals, with the two gold medals of Giovanni Franzoni in descent and in combined, the silver of Marco Abbruzzese in combined and Filippo Della Vite in giant and the bronze of Franzoni himself in super-g, of which the Brescian held the title.
The last time that the Italian national team won at least five medals in the youth world championship par excellence, it was in Garmisch in 2009: on that occasion there were even seven podiums. The youth technical director draws up a final balance: “It was a satisfactory World Cup not only for the results - Carca's analysis - but also for the atmosphere experienced, because all the nations shared the same spaces in the village. The general level is getting higher and higher, I have personally lived the last four years alongside these guys and their growth is there for all to see. There are people who do well in the European Cup and have already appeared in the World Cup, here, starting with more accessible numbers, the cards are reshuffled.
The conditions have changed over the days, at first there was bad weather, with snow and heat, then everything turned, in the end we found a type of snow where we usually struggle a little, but we have it equally well done ”.
An inevitable consideration on the performances of Franzoni, who is also the leader of the general classification of the European Cup: "Giovanni is taking one step at a time, he has participated in all the giant competitions in the World Cup (and on Saturday and Sunday he will be in Kranjska Gora, ed), he is a guy who does more disciplines and we have to give him time to grow. His transition to a high level is a little more gradual than a Della Vite who participates in only one discipline.
The next step is to be competitive in CdM, which Giovanni will attend continuously from next year in more specialties. This year we focused more on giant and supergiant, tackling the descent from mid-January onwards. We know that in the World Cup the tracks are much more difficult and it will be necessary to be patient, but in super-g he has shown a higher level and the goal is to finish the European Cup in first place between now and the end of the season. in order to have a permanent place in all disciplines in the next season in the maximum circuit.
We are satisfied with the general level reached by the boys, we got on the podium with three different athletes, and also the placings close to the medals were not lacking. The women's team suffered from the absence of a number of injured athletes such as Agnelli, Lani and Guerinoni, but was able to react convincingly. Belfrond has played two consistent races between giant and slalom (double fifth place), has made its way in the midst of more advanced opponents in terms of experience at high levels.
The federation has invested a lot in this young project starting from 2019, I believe that the quality of the work done is there for all to see ".
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