Italy focuses on slalom at the Narvik jr World Championships: here are the players called up with Vinatzer and Franzoni

From 5 to 14 March the youth championship with 15 blues. Rossetti and Della Mea can also aim for the title.

Wednesday 26 February 2020 3 minutes reading time

Alex Vinatzer, Giovanni Franzoni, Marta Rossetti and Lara Della Mea, but also eleven other interesting young people to go to the assault of the medals. The call-ups for the junior world championships, scheduled for 5 to 14 March in Narvik, have been announced: fifteen players will be involved in the Norwegian snows, with the Gardena spearhead to defend the title won 12 months ago in the world championship slalom in Val di Fassa. Of course, Alex is not at the top after the heavy flu virus remedied before Chamonix, but he has started training again and will go to Scandinavia to play his cards even in giant. His presence in Kranjska Gora for the World Cup is to be evaluated, a few hours after the slalom on March 13th which will close the youth event at the level of individual competitions, given that the grand finale will then take place on Saturday 14th with the team event. Giovanni Franzoni is ready to amaze in multiple disciplines, but in the men's field we will also see the vice-world champion in charge of the giant, Tobias Kastlunger, as well as Filippo Della Vite, Matteo Franzoso, Martino Rizzi and Simon Talacci. Eight girls in the race: in addition to Rossetti and Della Mea, the tips for slalom, here is the sprinter Giulia Albano who did so well in the European Cup, Sara Allemand, Monica Zanoner, Ilaria Ghisalberti, Serena Viviani and Petra Unterholzner.

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