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It 'was the weekend of the falls that stopped the race dell'Italjet, the gigantism of the bad race on the track most loved by Italians and the return of Federica Brignone in areas close to the podium of the giant. And even the awareness, perhaps a bit 'late, Lindsey Vonn.
Monday 23 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
The great start to the season of the Italian racers, along the lines of what had happened last winter, was stopped by falls in the tests and in the super-G in Val Gardena. Dominik Paris, finished in the nets in the first round of the descent, and Matteo Marsaglia, fell into ruin in the super-G on Friday, have not suffered serious damage as a precaution but had to skip the downhill on Saturday, hoping that their physical conditions allow them to get on track on the difficult Stelvio Bormio just after Christmas.
Tough luck for Peter Fill, which got on the last door of the super-G podium took away a safe and left him with a blow that has heavily influenced the way down the next day, in which, as well as Paris, he could still do a lot fine. Werner Heel said that you are maintaining a constant level from the first ten-fifteen, the only one still far from the best condition, inevitably affected by back problems that make its performance is very fickle, Christof Innerhofer, even if super-G Friday was the ninth, his best finish on the Saslong Gardena, a result which shows that the class can not afford to come up with something important at any time, especially on more technical tracks.
Race for the negative instead gigantism. On the Gran Risa are to save the first run of our strongest man in the specialty, Manfred Moelgg, which was then inexplicably lost in the second, and the second by Florian Eisath. There were no young people who had done so well in Val d'Isere, but in the early days of 2014 will be able to refer to Adelboden, especially if the ground is hard as they like. Same thing can be true for Senators Max Blardone and Davide Simoncelli even if their problems with the new skis seem even higher than last year. It 'really sad to see so distressed two athletes who have given so much to our giant especially on a track that is their par excellence, at age 34 played for both this Olympic season is more than ever the last appeal.
In the women's field, with discesiste who continue to go to AC, takes a great pleasure to see Federica Brignone back behind the podium of the Giant easy especially on a track like the Oreiller-Killy. Faith is born and an attacker has left behind all the doubts and fears about the injury that caused him to lose almost all of last winter, as you know if you will ski on the slopes more difficult may soon reach the much longed-for goal, to get on the middle step of the podium, the most noble, the one that dominates most of the parterre arrival.
Finally, coming out of our borders and dropping at least for this week, the struggles for the two World Cups general still remain uncertain for quite a while,'' we can not say a word about Lindsey Vonn. The U.S. seems to have finally become aware that "skiing without a cruciate knee is hard." Affirmation very different from the beginning of the season: "I could not tell which knee I injured." Undoubtedly Lindsey still has the potential to do very well, maybe even win, but it is now clear to everyone, even to herself, that her attempt at recovery has been too rushed. Now would be well advised to stay at home to train up to the Olympics without stressing the knee further over the limit but it is clear that under the conditions in which it currently is her knee, do not say for a medal but just get ready for a result decent in Sochi could be very complicated.
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